Trying to catch up. I have many images from the parade on the 4th
that will simply have to wait. Between juggling my job, running home
to stay with my daughter and visits to the hospital, I'm blown away.
Here is an email my sister sent yesterday about my nephew Will's
condition. I'll try to post another update later today with my PaD:
SARAH'S EMAIL...
Some of you don't know what has been going on in our
lives over the past few days so I'm going to fill you
in. For others, I will also update! First of all, I
want to thank everyone for the phone calls, visits,
text messages and mostly prayers for Will.
We spent last week in Florida and had a wonderful
vacation. On our way home, Will got sick. He
continued to worsen over the next few days and ended
up in the pediatricians office on Monday after I found
blood in his diarrhea. They sent us home and we
slowly gave him liquids. Yesterday morning, he was
worse and we headed for Vanderbilt Children's
Hospital. They ran all sorts of tests- blood, stool,
x-rays and ultrasounds. They became concerned when
the ultrasound showed trouble spots- so the admitted
us to the hospital. In short, they believe
Will has HUS (Hemolytic-uremic syndrome) caused from
possible ecoli or some other bacteria. We should find
out any time now if it was from ecoli. The levels
that should be rising are dropping... and the levels
that should be dropping are rising. So, they are
monitoring him and once it gets to certain levels-
they will probably do a blood transfusion and later
dialysis. If that is needed we could be here for up
to 3 weeks. Our pediatrician came today- and eased
our minds a bit. His body has to fight off the
bacteria. And, his kidneys need to start processing
urine. Pray for that to happen. If dialysis is
needed, pray for the success so that we won’t have to
start thinking transplant- which would be worst case
scenario. Mainly, pray for his weak little body to
start gaining strength so that he can fight with all
his might. I’ll email as soon as time allows with any
updates.
Sarah
