Courtney Update - Friday, February 28, 2014

8:00 AM

I spent the night at home last night for the first time in a couple of weeks to take care of a few things at home and be with Kelsey.  Jennifer stayed at the hospital and told me this morning that Courtney did not have as good a night as she had hoped, especially after the good afternoon she had.  However, there were no major issues...just a couple of inches backward instead of forward.  :-(

They had to stop the attempts at feeding through her g-tube.  She had not seen the chest x-ray yet, but was told that it was "wetter" and her body reflected that resulting in having to adjust her ventilator and ECMO to higher settings.  The last couple of days her lungs had started doing more of the work and she was making progress on weaning her settings.

She also needed a little more blood (no real bleeding issues though) during the night.  She had started waking up a bit more yesterday, but they had to go back up on her pain medications during the night.  :-(

In the grand scheme of things, our little turtle moved back a couple of inches.  We are praying today for a few inches forward.  :-)  Moving forward always makes for a better night's rest for all of us.

Thank you for your continued prayer support for our family and please remember the nurses, doctors, and especially the ECMO staff in your prayers as well.  The ECMO staff here is amazing and they are maxed out right now due to the number of patients that they are caring for and are not getting days off right now.  Also please remember these children and their families (Braylee, Maxton, Harper, & Mason).

Update on my Dad

He got the results from his PET scan yesterday and found out that although there is still a small spot in his lung, the doctors were pleased with the results.  They want to do 4 more rounds of chemo, but this time it will be a stronger dose and they will allow 3 weeks between each treatment.  His first treatment will be near the end of March and he will take some B12 shots in between.