[tri-med] Re: Nicholas is in ICU

I will be keeping Nick in my thoughts. I hope he gets well very soon!

Ruth, wife to Rudy, mom to Brendon (20), Scott (17), Joshua (14), Matthew
Rudy
(Full T18, born 09/13/01, and Rudy Matthew (born 08/13/04)
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Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of
trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and
success achieved. ~Helen Keller

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> [mailto:tri-med-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Wright
> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 7:44 AM
> To: tri-med
> 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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