Day 316 - Doing better

Hi mom!  Feeling good enough for a selfie.
Apparently, the belly opening up made things much better for Ryan.  He slept well and today he was able to handle the pain with just hot packs on his belly, so they didn't have to get back into the narcotics (yea!).  He was still a bit upset, and he doesn't like the ostomy bag, but otherwise, he was feeling better.  He felt good enough to tell Patrick to head back to the apartment, so I'll take that as a good sign.

They didn't get liver labs last night, but his ANC did come up to the 150's, so hopefully, that means things are going in the right direction.  They should be getting labs tonight, so we are hoping the bilirubin has come down.

The doctors are on the 'wait' mode, but we are pleased that the cultures are still negative, which means that the fevers this week were probably just a reaction to the high liver numbers (and the intestine pushing through the abdomen).  That's good, since it means that we should be able to get rid of the antibiotics in a few more days.

We are so grateful that he's feeling better today (obviously the prayers and good thoughts are doing something!).  The ostomy is a bit annoying, but it's helping him feel better, so it's a good thing!

Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers!


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  1. Lois HillMarch 3, 2018 at 7:17 AM

    Glad he is feeling better, missed the 3-1 post so didn't realize the tummy had opened up again, but maybe there was a reason for that, as long as he is feeling better. What a kid, always keeps everyone on their toes, prayers are still going up for all of you. I have so many people on fb that do not know you folks at all, but because I share they know about Ryan, they also post that they are praying for him and his parents.
    LUV U all

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