Angel is continuing to surprise doctors by how well he is doing. His spirit is amazing. This morning he woke up and when the nurse opened the blinds on the window he said "Its an AWESOME day!" There have been a few minor bumps in the road such as some rashes on his hip and groin, a Urinary Tract Infection from the catheter, and some pain and cramping intermittently, but overall he looks nothing like a patient who had major transplant surgery just one week ago and an 8in x 8in open wound on his abdomen!
Today he had an endoscopy through the ileostomy on his stomach to look at his new small intestine and see how his colon/large intestine are looking. (He had pretty severe ulcerative colitis before the transplant and he still has his old colon.) The new bowel looks great and the colon is still looking like he is having colitis. We have been seeing blood in his stool, so that just confirms that. He did great with the procedure, however, considering 1/1000 first scopes have perforation of the new bowel.
Today he had an endoscopy through the ileostomy on his stomach to look at his new small intestine and see how his colon/large intestine are looking. (He had pretty severe ulcerative colitis before the transplant and he still has his old colon.) The new bowel looks great and the colon is still looking like he is having colitis. We have been seeing blood in his stool, so that just confirms that. He did great with the procedure, however, considering 1/1000 first scopes have perforation of the new bowel.
Tomorrow they are going to go in and do the first surgery to try and close up his abdomen over the new organs. Their primary goal is to get it at least 50% closed. We are hoping that they can do more, but trust that they will do whatever is right.
So tonight you can pray for:
- Continued protection from infection and rejection
- Safe surgery tomorrow with the least amount of pain and most amount of closure!
- Continued GREAT attitude from Angel
- For the bleeding and colitis to stop
Thank you for checking in on us.... we are BEYOND grateful for all of your prayers and support. We are hoping to move in to our new apartment one day early as we do not have any more temporary housing. My (Sarah's) Mom will come to live with us with our little one (Hudson) so that we can all be close together and settle in to a routine before baby Haven arrives on August 15th. Housing, of course, is our biggest expense at this point. The other need for support arises as Nick will be out of work for the duration of our stay here. Therefore our mortgage and bills at home will need to be paid as well as expenses accrued while we are here. So thank you for all your help. A million times over, THANK YOU.
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I'm so glad to hear how well Angel is doing. He is truly a miracle! (Keep up the good work Angel!)
Hope you all are settling in as much as you can.
We'll keep you in our prayers!
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