my 12 yr old nephew is in surgery right now. He had is appendix removed and now they are working on his twisted and blocked bowel. Gosh, so scary. He will be in surgery for another 2 hours or so. I pray he comes out of surgery ok. He will most likely have a colostomy bag for a few weeks so he can have rested healed bowels after surgery. Poor thing was vomiting since wednesday of last week, admitted to st. johns last friday and moved to Cardinal Glennon hospital PICU last friday afternoon. He went through a bunch of tests, mri's, cat scans, cultures etc. At first they thought he had e coli protein born, but he kept vomiting with no trace of it quitting. His mom is at his side 24/7. She just started a new job and might be released because of this. Looks like my bil (step-dad) to my nephew will try and get a fund raiser together to help pay for the bills while my sister is out on leave without pay or even if she gets fired. Ugh.
Please send healing vibes for my nephew and some healing prayers too. It brings me to tears thinking of how sick he is and how bad this could have turned out. We wonder if he was born with a condition to bring this on.
I'll post here again tomorrow as soon as I hear something. I will go up to the picu after work to sit with him to give his mom a break.
Good Lord above, please keep "S" safe and healing up well after his surgery tonight.
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Poor guy. I will keep him in my prayers.
I have faith in the fact that kids are resilient.
The docs know what is wrong, they will fix it and he will recover in no time. Even if he has a temporary colostomy bag, it will be just that...temporary.
As for the job, I hope her employers can understand the situation...you would think so, at least.
They are all in my thoughts...
I pray the doctor's hand be guided and his recovery quick - poor kid.
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