Bad day!! Samuel slept well last night, but when he woke he just didn't seem to feel as well as the last few days. Joshua got up early and made pancakes, but Samuel didn't want to eat because he said he felt nauseous. He only wanted a breakfast shake. He said he was fine, but it seemed like something was wrong all day. By this afternoon, he was leaking out the front of his wound again, just a small amount though and his left nephrostomy drain from his kidney was not working properly. I spoke and texted with Dr. Kozar several times throughout the day just trying to figure out what was going on. Originally we made plans to come in to the clinic tomorrow and they would try to see what the problem was and set up to do the new nephrostomy drain as an outpatient procedure. Things got a little worse and an hour later, we decided we would admit him in the morning. About two hours later, liquid was pouring from the the wound, which is about 14 inches long now, and Dr. Kozar told us to come in right away. I came alone because only one person can stay in the room and Jay is out of town on that business trip that he really need to go to. The big kids have the babies at the ranch. When we left the house for Houston he was fairly comfortable. About 40 minutes into the trip, he was in serious pain even with the pain meds. As we entered Houston I was wishing I had not come alone because he was in a lot of pain and all I could do was drive. He was begging me to take his spinal brace off because he couldn't stand the pressure his abdomen. Dr. Kozar had called the ER ahead of us and told them what was going on and what to expect. They brought him in on a stretcher and started taking steps to prepare him for a CT scan which will lead to taking him back to surgery. He was doing great, but something new has went wrong and they aren't quite sure what. Samuel just has so many problems right now all in his mid section and because his back is broken he has to wear the spinal brace, but that works against all the drains and stuff he has. It's like you can't fix one problem without it creating another problem. I'm sure Samuel will probably go back into ICU tonight. He is very sick again. When we got here, he didn't have a fever, but now he does. It seems like whatever is going on just came on very fast. Please keep praying for Samuel. He is fighting so hard to get through this, but these setbacks just take so much out of him.
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