It's been a scary weekend for us. Evan woke up Saturday morning at 5:30 with chills that rapidly turned into vomiting & a high temp. By 9:30 Harold decided we should call Home Health just to be on the safe side but we were pretty sure it was a stomach bug. The nurse came to the house, examined Evan & called the Infectious Disease doc in the Big City. The doc wanted Ev to immediately go to our local ER.
We jumped in the car & got Ev there right away. Fortunately our good friend, Dr. Jerry was the ER doc that day. After a preliminary exam it was apparent that Ev's blood pressure was decreasing rapidly & his heart rate was rising. We were told that he was in septic shock, which means that there was a system wide infection in his body. HIs body was working hard to keep his major organs functioning. The doc's in the Big City pulled together a team & flew to our town to get Evan & fly him back to Children's Hospital. Our friend & pastor, Tom, stayed with Evan at our local ER until the team got to our town. We got in the car to make the 4 hour drive, hoping to get to Children's before Evan. He has been in ICU since Saturday evening.
It was a scary 24 hours but tonight he is resting comfortably listed in critical but stable condition. They have determined that he has an unknown bacteria in his bloodstream that probably came in through his Broviack line in his chest. It will be a couple more days before they know exactly what type of bacteria it is. They have done lots of tests: echocardiogram to make sure he didn't have bacterial endocarditis (he doesn't), an ultrasound of his hip to make sure there was no infection at his surgery site, (there isn't), & various other tests.
He is hanging in there, but is cranky & not feeling all that great, obviously. We have been told this will be at least a week stay. We are praying that God will touch Evan's body & heal him just like He did with the femur. Speaking of which, several Dr.'s & nurses have come to ask us about the femur surgery that didn't happen. Apparently it is written up in Evan's medical record & no one can quite believe it! We are more than happy to tell of God's goodness.
Prayers, as usual, are appreciated.
Lori,
How harrowing! I'm so glad the medical staff reacted so quickly to get Evan stabilized.
May God give him a speedy recovery.
Posted by: Julana | June 25, 2007 at 08:46 AM
Wow, how scary! Keep us posted! Lots of prayers coming your way!
Posted by: Jessica | June 25, 2007 at 09:11 AM
We prayed the minute Molly told us...we are still praying ! We love you all....
Posted by: David & Robyn | June 25, 2007 at 12:25 PM
You have my prayers! Having recently been in the ER unexpectedly, Ev also has my sympathy. So cool, however, that people are asking you to be a witness!
Posted by: Eleanor | June 25, 2007 at 01:02 PM
I will be praying for Evan and your entire family. May you constantly feel His constant presence.
Posted by: MamabearJune | June 25, 2007 at 04:35 PM
I'm glad I came across you blog, and I will be praying for your little Evan. I'm hoping he will be back home again soon.
Posted by: Nicole | June 26, 2007 at 06:08 PM
I'm glad I came across you blog, and I will be praying for your little Evan. I'm hoping he will be back home again soon.
Posted by: Nicole | June 26, 2007 at 06:08 PM
Tell Evan we are praying for him.
Posted by: Richie Whiteaker | June 26, 2007 at 07:38 PM
It has been 4 days since you last updated...hoping everything is going good for all of you...we will keep praying till we know Evan is out of the woods and you are all back home again, safe and sound. Robyn & David
Posted by: David & Robyn | June 28, 2007 at 08:35 AM