Trusting the Lord Each Day
We have been at MD Anderson since early Friday morning (June 7th). That means we have been at the hospital 10 out of the last 12 days.
Right now, Shawn is short of breath, is retaining fluid in his feet and legs, has an elevated heart rate and has been unable to sleep. They don't really understand what is causing these symptoms. They are giving him some diuretics, started him on a morphine drip and continue to monitor him closely. The diuretics don’t seem to be helping his swollen feet or legs, just yet. Dr. Hwu's team is trying to formulate a plan to determine the cause of these symptoms.
We don't really know what the plan is at this point. They will be taking a chest x-ray of his left lung tomorrow morning. The catheter has been removed out of that lung and they are concerned about it accumulating fluid. The right lung seems to have stabilized and is producing about 200 ml each day. I would expect that we will be able to remove the catheter from that lung sometime soon.
Shawn is feeling better tonight. That is such a blessing. The morphine is helping his breathing and is keeping him calm. It is not much, just a slight amount every hour. It is not making him drowsy or loopy. They seem to have it dialed in really well. I really hope he will be able to sleep tonight. He has not really slept in a week.
We don't expect we will get out of the hospital anytime soon. We are just taking this one day at a time and trusting the Lord to sustain, heal and restore Shawn Jr.
Right now, Shawn is short of breath, is retaining fluid in his feet and legs, has an elevated heart rate and has been unable to sleep. They don't really understand what is causing these symptoms. They are giving him some diuretics, started him on a morphine drip and continue to monitor him closely. The diuretics don’t seem to be helping his swollen feet or legs, just yet. Dr. Hwu's team is trying to formulate a plan to determine the cause of these symptoms.
We don't really know what the plan is at this point. They will be taking a chest x-ray of his left lung tomorrow morning. The catheter has been removed out of that lung and they are concerned about it accumulating fluid. The right lung seems to have stabilized and is producing about 200 ml each day. I would expect that we will be able to remove the catheter from that lung sometime soon.
Shawn is feeling better tonight. That is such a blessing. The morphine is helping his breathing and is keeping him calm. It is not much, just a slight amount every hour. It is not making him drowsy or loopy. They seem to have it dialed in really well. I really hope he will be able to sleep tonight. He has not really slept in a week.
We don't expect we will get out of the hospital anytime soon. We are just taking this one day at a time and trusting the Lord to sustain, heal and restore Shawn Jr.
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