K in hospital again

Kim · 06-07-2009, 09:38 PM

Thinking of you and K ((hugs)) xx

Mags · 06-07-2009, 10:09 PM

So sorry to hear this Tink, my thoughts are with you both and healing vibes are winging their way to K......... ((((hugs)))) xx

alexgirl73 · 06-07-2009, 10:18 PM

Sorry to hear this Tink, Prayers and healing vibes being sent from this end too ((hugs)) xx

pookyandjo · 07-07-2009, 02:39 AM

not good tink... will keep you both in my thoughts......keep thinking positive thoughts too.. take care xox

smudgley · 07-07-2009, 07:01 AM

Tink, I'm really sad to hear this news, but be strong (again) and things will be fine I'm sure.

update us when you have time to. x

yola · 07-07-2009, 08:51 AM

Sorry to be reading this Tink. I'm sure with you by his side K will have the continued strength to fight this setback - hang on in there, both of you!!

MrsH · 07-07-2009, 09:14 AM

So sorry to hear of this setback, I didn't log on yesterday evening so I've only just seen this. Keeping you both in my thoughts and hoping for good news from you later today.

dinahsmum · 07-07-2009, 11:27 AM

Oh I'm sorry to hear this. Don't be dispirited - it was always going to be a long and potentially rocky road back to full health.
Healing vibes.

HappyKatz · 07-07-2009, 02:56 PM

Oh my Tink...I hope K is going to be okay *crossing fingers & paws*
Thinking of both of you & here are as many ((vibes)) as you both may need

Tink · 07-07-2009, 09:30 PM

Well, a million things have happened since I last posted so I'll try to sum it up and keep it to the point (plus I'm functioning on very little sleep and if I get caught up in details this post could get squirrely).
This is what we know: He has tested positive for a staph infection at the incision area of his heart surgery. He was brought into the operating room and the surgeon had to make some decisions about how deep to go and clean up being that an infection like this could easily spread to other places once he's opened up and it could make things worse to go poking around in there.
What it comes down to is they made the decision to detach his sternum into two for the time being (he is laying there with his chest literally wide open right now with what looks like saran wrap and iodine over it).
We DON'T know if it's spread to the heart. We are going to have him taken to the OR every few days for a week to go in and clean. After that, we will guage if we will risk going even deeper into the chest cavity and seeing what we will discover. This will be based on his clinical signs.
His sternum will heal spread apart like that. Eventually he'll need reconstructive surgery or a metal plate put in to hold his chest together..but that's in the future.
Everything is day by day. We don't have all the answers. He is in a lot of pain and being given pain medication every five minutes and continuously sedated.
This morning he began coughing up blood and they made the decision to remove the ventilator as it was aggravating this. He is now on a BiPap machine which stabalized him and helped him greatly last time he was in.
Things are touch and go. It's just wait and see.

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