Dr. Golman came in today and is suggesting that they do a Tracheotomy sometime in the next few days because the breathing tube should not be in more than two weeks or so. The neck is still swollen and there isn't any reasonable probability that it will go down any time soon...soon enough for him to breath without the tube. The tracheotomy will be more comfortable for Steven and safer. It is temporary and once he is totally healed, he should be able to resume normal breathing and the trachea will heal up.
It's been difficult to get his temperature to drop today..it's been between 102.9-102.1. Yesterday they brought him up for a while because his temp. had dropped, but while his fever is high they want to keep him under so that his energy is not spent uselessly.
They did some ultrasounds today to make sure everything in his GI tract is good and no clotting in the veins. Finally having some movement there...
More later,
Norma
Thanks for the update, Norma! Will continue praying throughout every day until Steven is out of the woods.
ReplyDeletePerhaps all Steven's praying friends and family could pray at a specific time each day to create a prayer energy vortex....like a giant spiritual energy zap. Is anyone interested?
Love,
Brooke
I will pray with you whenever, wherever combining our prayers from around the country.
ReplyDeleteSince people are in different time zones, what about praying at 12:00 Central Time?
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** Savannah is my daughter and evidently our google accounts have gotten mixed up.
I've set my alarm for 10 am PST and have enlisted some friends. Thanks for coordinating.
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