September 24, 2009
Andrew is still in the hospital. However, yesterday some decisions were made to switch things up and hopefully this stay is coming closer to an end. His red blood cells and neutrophils were low again so he got a whole blood transfusion last night, and the medication to help his body produce more neutrophils. It was also decided that he needed a feeding tube, so he would have dual nose hoses; one to suck the fluid out of his stomach the other in his digestive tract to feed his gut which has had no feeds for 5 weeks. He had it installed this morning and did such an amazing job…he seriously is one of my heroes! There is talk about different medications and procedures to get him back to where he was so we can go home, including steroids to help decrease the inflammation in his GI tract, botox injections in this stomach to help it move more, and switching other meds to see if they work better. So keep those fingers and toes crossed and I will update soon.
Dual Nose Hose
September 24th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
Andrew,
I have 10 fingers crossed, 10 toes crossed, and some prayers on your behalf. I hope all of this stuff is going to work quickly so you can go home. I must say, though, that the dual nose hose looks pretty cool. You look a little like a punk rocker. I’m glad they have them different colors so they don’t confuse the two. Do they come in blue and orange? Take care,
Sister Wardle
September 25th, 2009 at 9:04 am
We are thinking about you guys and praying that you start feeling better very soon. lots of love sent your way. take care and keep us posted. thanks
September 25th, 2009 at 9:35 am
Hey, Andrew… I think Sister Wardle might be ON to something!
Go with blue and orange nose hoses… and put on some of those awesome eyebrows that Nadine brought in. People would have tremendous RESPECT for you! hahahaha!
Try to keep smiling and Fight the Good Fight!
September 25th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
Hi Andrew, I do like the look and I think we need to brainstorm so you can be some incredible sci fi creature from the dark planet for halloween…waht do you think? I really hope to see you soon I am praying that you get to go home soon and that all of these new ideas work to get your Gi tract working better. You will “get better” I know that. Lots of love to you…
September 28th, 2009 at 10:29 am
hey Andrew,
I just want to let you know that I pray every day for your body to respond to the medicines and for your body to have the strength it needs to get you out of the hospital. You are in my thoughts. Let me know if there is anything we can do.
I see that you are a big Harry Potter fan, I think this would be a good year to dress up as “he-who-must-not-be-named”! You could see if some of the nurses would dress up as some of the other characters!
September 28th, 2009 at 11:56 am
Hi Andrew!!!
How are you and Fred? I hope you guys had a good night and that Fred was a good snuggle buddy. Make sure he behaves and he doesn’t pull out your NJ while you are asleep… Im still trying to figure out which one of your stuffed animals pulled out your NG the other night!
Hope everything went well today… hopefully I will be your nurse on Wednesday and we can make some more secret spy contraptions ; )
See you soon : )
September 29th, 2009 at 9:11 am
well, hope all these in and out tubes do the trick. \poor little tummy. There does not seem to be any Boots Chamomille lip balm any more. \All kinds of other flavors, but no chamomille. Any other choices? England’s weather has been good to us. Tromped around York all day today with nary a drop. Keep your spirits up! Wendy and Jack