[tri-med] Re: Nicholas is in ICU

Our thoughts and prayers are with Nick and all of you.
Debbie, mom to Claire (t18)

On 7/29/05, Wright <jm.wright@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 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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