Though Maggie's lungs are improving due to her steroid treatment, Maggie is essentially dehydrated even though she has 5 or so liters of fluid floating in her body. So they stuck a catheter into her abdomen after doing some ultrasound imaging. The risk was that they could puncture her bowel or initiate some new bleeding. In fact, they wanted to do this the other day and thought they had a big pocket of fluid that they could drain. But, the ultrasound tech wanted to double-check and found that what they were looking at was fluid in her bowel.
Our worry was that the doctor, upon doing a quick ultrasound check by himself, might make the same mistake again. Thankfully, the catheter did not hit bowel, and they have begun to drain some fluid.
Oh, and the Influenza A that she tested positive for was negative for H1N1, and now this morning they think it was a false positive for Influenza A. So we have no idea what is going on.
They are going to great lengths to get Maggie to poop. Go figure. She would go 20 times a day for months, and now they can't get one out of her. Please pray that her bowels would do their job and that her fluid issues would get resolved. At this point, it is a major concern and is now more important than her current lung status.
7 comments:
Still following along and sending our thoughts and prayers to your family, Andy.
~Your friends at work.
Praying that her bowels start to function as they are supposed to. She needs to be passing that infection and junk out of her body.
Praying for God's peace to touch you and more positve improvements to come today!
Krista
We will continue to follow along and pray for full recovery. I remain hopeful despite all of the ups and downs. You three are amazing beings. Although I'm sure you are all worn down at times, I am inspired by all of you.
~Janette
I had time for a quick check on Maggie at the end of the school day. I am glad the procedure went well, and caused no harm. i will pray for Maggie body to begin it's natural rhythm of moving waste out and fluids out.
I am sending youthe biggest "Mom" hug and oray for you all.
Susan D.
Praying for Poop!
You all are on our prayer chain at church....may God wrap his arms around you and give you the peace you need at this time....what a beautiful little one you have.
IN our prayers,
Bob and Rickey Lynn Grimm
Orrville christian church
Praying for you faithfully that God would touch little Maggie and help her through this tough battle. May God give you all strength to cope as each day I'm sure is a struggle.
Debbie Steiner (Eric's mom)
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