Today was definitely a day of progress here at the hospital. We started off the day with all the doctors
coming by. Then the Physical Therapy and
Occupational Therapy teams came by. They
worked with Samuel and we were able to get him into a sitting position without
using his tummy muscles at all. Then we
got him onto his feet and we went for a short little walk down the hall and
back. Samuel is using a walker, but he
did much better than I expected. I am
so proud of him. His tummy also started
to wake up and he got to eat some broth and jello for lunch and dinner. He says it is difficult to eat because his
abdomen feels so tight that there is not room for the food. The doctors said it will take a lot of time
for that to change and it has to heal before he can exercise enough to get
things to stretch and expand.
This afternoon the infectious disease doctors came by and
explained what is going on with his bloodwork.
He has a bacteria that is somewhat similar to MRSA, but grows on all of
our skin, so it is considered a contaminant.
The problem is that they think it has gotten into Samuel’s
bloodstream. They have him on the right
antibiotics to try to take care of this kind of an infection. He did not have a high fever all day
today. He gets easily exhausted and
wants to sleep a lot. Dr. Wright came by
this evening and we talked for a long time.
He is going to help us find the right doctors closer to home to help us
with the minor bumps along the road ahead of Samuel. It makes me feel really good to know that we
will have a doctor in Houston or closer that can help Samuel when things don’t really
go as planned. That doctor will also
help with removing some of the tubes and drains he will have to go home
with. I feel so blessed to have found
such an awesome group of doctors here.
This evening, we had a little surprise. Jill Kitzman, Kamala Kitzman’s sister came by
to visit and brought her three children.
They brought me homemade chicken, potatoes and carrots for dinner. I enjoyed the visit and it was nice to get to
laugh a little bit.
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