Today has been a very difficult day. Samuel went down for the CT scan, but blew
the last working IV. The doctors and
nurses attempted to start another IV about 20 times, but no one was able to get
one started. They ended up sending him
back up to his room to talk about starting a central line. They decided against it because of the kind
of infection he has. One of the doctors
came and tried several more times to get an IV started and finally got one
working. They don’t think it will last,
but it was good enough to do the CT scan.
His veins are so scarred up that it is very hard to get an IV started on
him. When he returned to the room and they took his vitals, he had a very high
temperature, high heart rate, and a low oxygen level. The results of the CT scan showed that he does
not have a blood clot in his lungs, but does have pneumonia. He continues to have nausea and vomiting,
which is horrible when he isn’t supposed to be using his tummy muscles at
all. It is very painful for him. They put him on IV antibiotics for the pneumonia
and we are continuing with the other antibiotics too. The CT scan also showed a collection of the
fluid under the skin that the JP drain is not draining. The plastic surgery team looked at it and
they feel like we need to just leave it alone for now and see what
happens. It is going to be a long night
here. Thanks for praying for Samuel.
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