[tri-med] Re: Nicholas is in ICU

poor little guy.  i hope he continues to improve.
pam, mum to t 13 angel tyler
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wright" <jm.wright@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "tri-med" <tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 10:43 AM
Subject: [tri-med] Nicholas is in ICU


> Well, Nicholas decided he didn't want to go to New York.  The day before 
> we were to leave for the conference, Nicholas started throwing up bile. 
> So we took him to the emergency room and the next day he had surgery.  He 
> had a complete bowel obstruction.  The surgeon had to cut into his bowel 
> because it was kinked and relieve the pressure before he could place it 
> back where it belonged.  Then he found a huge abdominal hernia (we've been 
> down this road before!).  That boy just won't stay together.  He's been in 
> ICU since Sunday.  He's on a ventilator and now they are suspecting 
> pneumonia.   He got a temp on Wed. and they took cultures of his urine, 
> blood, and lung and the only one that came back positive was the lung. 
> He's already on 3 antibiotics, so they will see which bacteria it is 
> before giving him another one.  They're giving him breathing treatments 
> and had to hydrate him.  One thing leads to another.  As of right now, 
> they are easing up on the sedation and he is starti
> ng to open his eyes.  Hopefully, by Sat. or Sun. he will be transferred to 
> the intermediate floor.  They are trying to wean him off the ventilator 
> today.
> I'm getting updates from the Cook Family on how the conference is going. 
> We're just glad Nick didn't get sick on the way to the conference.
>
> Jayne - mom to Nicholas - T-13 - 10 years old
> Hudson IL
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