Monday, July 27, 2009

Kacyn

Kacyn is still being kept at the Childrens Hospital. They have run numerous tests, but are still trying to determine what the real cause of his problems is.

They did a ct scan & determined that there has been no change in the spinal fluid buildup on his brain. It's still not putting any pressure on his brain.

His phena barb (sp?) level was high which would cause the sleepiness.

Since he hadn't eaten (or taken a bottle) since the day before arriving at the hospital, they put him immediately on an iv.

They attempted a lumbar puncture on Fri, but unable to draw any spinal fluid. They tried again on Sat & were successful that time. It'll be 48 hours before they have all the results from that & David didn't know exactly when the 48 hours ends.

The test results they've gotten back so far have indicated no infection. Everything is pointing to all of this being caused by something neurological.

Also keep Jennifer & David in your prayers. They are driving the hour back & forth to St Louis every day. Jennifer's also not feeling well due to her pneumonia & just overall tiredness which is worsened by the driving back & forth & pneumonia. Please pray for Kathy. She's staying at the Childrens Hospital with Kacyn. Bob has been staying home with Josiah, but had to leave to go back to OH. Please pray for a safe trip for him.

3 comments:

Amanda said...

They are in my heart and prayers. We are praying for a breakthrough!

Jen said...

I haven't commented in a long time, but I've kept up to date on the blog. I wanted to let you and your family know that you are and have been in my prayers. I'll say an extra prayers for Kacyn. I know you don't know me, but I live in the St.Louis area and if there is anything I can do to help let me know!

laurap said...

We will not stop praying!