Wednesday, 5/15/13 @ 12:30 pm (Day 13)
Samuel went back to surgery at noon today. His CT scan showed which areas are leaking
and that his stomach was filled with blood clots. He has been receiving two shots in his
stomach each day to keep his blood from clotting, but now that has to be discontinued
due to his internal bleeding. The NG tube
is draining a large amount of blood and he has been throwing up large blood
clots all morning. He is a very sick
young man and he is in very critical condition again. He is actually having three different
surgeries while in the operating room this morning. The first will be to create a diversion of
the intestines. They do not feel it is
safe to go back and try to repair the areas that keep reopening. The second surgery will be to deal with the
bleeding in his stomach. They will do an
endoscopy to identify the problem. They
are thinking it may be the lining of the stomach is bleeding due to severe
stress, but they said that would be very rare with today’s medicine. They also suspect an ulcer with a large vein
in his stomach. If that is the case,
they will open his stomach up and try to repair it while he is still in the operating
room. The third procedure is that they
will be doing a bilateral peruetaneous nephrortomies, which is basically
placing these tiny tubes in his back to drain his kidneys so they can divert as
much from his bladder as possible.
Samuel needs our prayers. I am confident
that God is not done with him and I refuse to believe that He would bring him
this far and not pull him through this.
Praying for complete healing.
I love the Lord because He hears my voice and my prayer for
mercy. Because He bends down to listen,
I will pray as long as I have breath.
--- Psalm 116: 1-2
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