Benjamin is on the road to recovery from the E. Coli infection, but we learned yesterday, that he has pneumonia in his lungs. The doctors believe they caught it early, so it should be a few more days until he is over this.
Another setback today, in addition to the pneumonia, Benjamin had another spontaneous air leak. An air sac busted open again; this is called pneumothorax. This happened the other day and the doctors were able to needle the air out and the leak healed on its own, but this time, too much air escaped and air was filling up in his chest. Benjamin had a minor procedure done this afternoon to insert a tube into his chest to constantly suck out the air while the leak heals. If all goes well, the tube should only be in there for a few days. Luckily, the nurses and doctors were watching him closely and responded quickly. Benjamin is responding well to the treatment and his vitals are looking much better already.
Hopefully in a few days, Benjamin makes a full recovery and is over all of this and continues his development path. He has had a rough few days, but is continuing the fight. Thank you to everyone for your continued thoughts and prayers.
2 Weeks of Recovery
9 years ago
Hang in there guys. It sounds like the doctors are staying on top of things and keeping a close eye on Benjamin. Rhys had a somewhat typical pattern where he would do well for a few days and then something (or sometimes a few things) would go "wrong". The good news is as time went on these bad days got fewer and farther between.
ReplyDeletePrayers continuing for Benjamin's recovery and continued development. Sheron Jackson, over at Texas Children's Hospital, and I prayed together over Benjamin yesterday. The scriptures tell us that when two or more are gathered and are in agreement....we were in agreement over his complete healing and development and his long productive life!!
ReplyDeleteLove and prayers,
Cathy