[tri-med] Re: Nicholas is in ICU

(((Jayne & Nicholas)))......I hope Nicholas mends quickly and with no more
surprises or set-backs!

Catherine, mom of Becky (30 yrs old, Trisomy 13 Mosaic)



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Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 10:44 AM
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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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