Thank you, Chad, for filling in! Here is what I just posted on Facebook...
Good morning. I am just wanting to update on Jonathan a little bit. He wasn't doing so well yesterday. He has been dealing with diarrhea for a few days, also still vomiting a few times over the past few days and seeming not too comfortable. (Maybe the flu that Xav and I had?) Very early in the day yesterday he spiked a fever of 104, his heart rate was reaching 200 and his blood pressure was too l...ow. Xav called me early and told me to wake Corrie and to start praying for Jonathan. We prayed, in Jesus name. Xav told me there was a possibility of Jonathan going to the ICU.
I made it in time for doctors' rounds at a little after 9am yesterday, leaving the kids sleeping at the RMH, but taking Patience who stayed sleeping in her car seat . The docs were still uncertain of the root of the problem, labs weren't quite complete yet, but they were guessing Jonathan had an intestinal infection. Xav thought it was our flu, but the Attending Doctor shook his head when Xav suggested that. He said there is a common intestinal bacteria that can cause infection, especially after having had antibiotics and especially in the hospital, and with the lab results that had come back so far that morning ruling out other possibilities, that was their expectation. So they started Jonathan on a broad spectrum antibiotic. All his vital signs were needing to improve. They seemed especially concerned about his blood pressure, seemed like that was key, if it didn't improve he'd be going to ICU. They gave him blood transfusions and extra IV fluids.
Corrie brought Xavi and Moriah over to join us an hour or so later. So we were there as a family with Jonathan. He looked terrible. His color was really pale. He was really lethargic. He's been on regular doses of meds to help with nausea and yesterday morning they added meds for fever and for pain, so it was hard to tell what was causing his sleepy lack of response, but he just didn't look good. His vitals were being checked every hour. His fever slowly came down, his heart rate dropped into a more acceptable range and his blood pressure came up enough to keep us out of ICU. He was getting blow by oxygen to keep his O2 levels up. He went from being colorless to being bright red as the antibiotics hit his system and after a while his color looked more normal. They were watching/listening for fluid build up in his lungs which could result after receiving a large amount of IV fluid. His body did get a bit puffy, but his lungs continued to check out okay.
We left him last night after feeding him a little dinner (Yay! He was eating something! Yogurt, applesauce and peas.) and after sitting up for a while to watch some children's sign language videos on YouTube. He wasn't doing great, but he was doing alright. Thank you, Lord.
Xav texted me at 2:18 this morning and told me Jonathan was getting more IV and was being moved to ICU. He texted again at 3:46am saying that Jonathan was doing good, that they were checking on him every two hours, and the nurse thought they wouldn't be there long. I didn't read these texts from him until I woke up a little before 6:00am. I tried texting back, but I'm guessing he's sleeping, he had to move all our stuff out of the room at around 3:00am. So I'm waiting to hear the details and will try to find time to pass them on. Thank you for praying for my tired husband. Thank you for praying for our fighting son. The Lord is our help. He is good.
I made it in time for doctors' rounds at a little after 9am yesterday, leaving the kids sleeping at the RMH, but taking Patience who stayed sleeping in her car seat . The docs were still uncertain of the root of the problem, labs weren't quite complete yet, but they were guessing Jonathan had an intestinal infection. Xav thought it was our flu, but the Attending Doctor shook his head when Xav suggested that. He said there is a common intestinal bacteria that can cause infection, especially after having had antibiotics and especially in the hospital, and with the lab results that had come back so far that morning ruling out other possibilities, that was their expectation. So they started Jonathan on a broad spectrum antibiotic. All his vital signs were needing to improve. They seemed especially concerned about his blood pressure, seemed like that was key, if it didn't improve he'd be going to ICU. They gave him blood transfusions and extra IV fluids.
Corrie brought Xavi and Moriah over to join us an hour or so later. So we were there as a family with Jonathan. He looked terrible. His color was really pale. He was really lethargic. He's been on regular doses of meds to help with nausea and yesterday morning they added meds for fever and for pain, so it was hard to tell what was causing his sleepy lack of response, but he just didn't look good. His vitals were being checked every hour. His fever slowly came down, his heart rate dropped into a more acceptable range and his blood pressure came up enough to keep us out of ICU. He was getting blow by oxygen to keep his O2 levels up. He went from being colorless to being bright red as the antibiotics hit his system and after a while his color looked more normal. They were watching/listening for fluid build up in his lungs which could result after receiving a large amount of IV fluid. His body did get a bit puffy, but his lungs continued to check out okay.
We left him last night after feeding him a little dinner (Yay! He was eating something! Yogurt, applesauce and peas.) and after sitting up for a while to watch some children's sign language videos on YouTube. He wasn't doing great, but he was doing alright. Thank you, Lord.
Xav texted me at 2:18 this morning and told me Jonathan was getting more IV and was being moved to ICU. He texted again at 3:46am saying that Jonathan was doing good, that they were checking on him every two hours, and the nurse thought they wouldn't be there long. I didn't read these texts from him until I woke up a little before 6:00am. I tried texting back, but I'm guessing he's sleeping, he had to move all our stuff out of the room at around 3:00am. So I'm waiting to hear the details and will try to find time to pass them on. Thank you for praying for my tired husband. Thank you for praying for our fighting son. The Lord is our help. He is good.
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