[tri-med] Re: Nicholas is in ICU

Jayne,
Hoping Nicholas is feeling better soon....You'll be in our prayers...
ThereseAnn and Natalia

>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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