Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Hospitalization #10 -Day 1
So Brett was admitted to the hospital today. It was only a matter of time. He has enjoyed a 58 day period of "wellness" - i.e., being out of the hospital. This was the longest he had been out of the hospital his whole entire life! We were so glad, but now it's time for an IV antibiotic "clean out," and, unfortunately, some IV nutrition because he has lost so much weight recently. You might have seen on my Facebook that he had gained 450 grams, but all that was lost in the last few weeks. Also, his incision from the port-a-cath placement has been very slow to heal, which also suggests malnutrition - as most of his body's energy is being conserved for survival, not healing. I'll update every day while he's here.
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Praying for you guys!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry to hear he lost the weight. I pray he gets it back and doesn't get sick - no hospital bugs! It was too funny to see you in the drive thru last week - I gathered somebody was crying :( It's a handful but on Tues nights Spencer isn't home for supper I like to go to Family night at CFA :) Hard to believe mine will be a year this month! Praying for you and Brett, and Gantt and Mark and Rob too.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear that the "well streak" has been broken, but praise God for so many healthy days. Praying this will be as short a stay as possible and that he responds quickly to treatment.
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