Good morning!
Just a quick note...
Shelb is getting 3 units of blood this morning. Dr. Burrowes just came in a bit ago to check on Shelb, the incision, and the drain that he has. They started his blood @ 11:45am and said it will take several hours.
He changed the dressing on his incision. He said it looked good. He left space in between the staples so if it had any drainage that it would have space. There was some drainage there, not much. The dr. was pleased.
The drain that he has goes into the pelvic area where he found what he thought was an abscess. He rinsed it out well, in surgery, then placed the drain. It is draining quite a bit. He seems concerned with that but not worried at this point. He said, he's just gonna keep check on how much they are emptying from it. If it continues, he will check into it to find out why it's draining so much.
The blood they are giving him is to up his blood level. He thinks its just stablizing from surgery. It dropped since yesterday but again he thinks its just stablizing. Once they give him the blood they will keep check to see if its better or still dropping.
If it continues, there's a possibility that he may have an internal bleed, but the dr. thinks its all part of stablizing. So we will find out in a bit.
They took out his cath last night and took off his oxygen. As long as his vitals stay good, then they will leave the oxygen off.
I will update a little later,
vic
keep praying.....lots of love!
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ok. I must be doing something wrong. I have sent several messages and they are not getting posted. hmmm.... well... The luthersville gang is praying and has been praying for you Shelby. We love you dearly and appreciate the blog that Gina has set up to keep us posted. You are on our prayer list at church. We want you to get better quickly. You and Vicky both need rest. We are here cheering you on!!! God is good all the time and all the time God is good.
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