BMTU Room 5718
5th Floor Anderson
101 Manning Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
His 3-4 hour dialysis went well. They will be continuing this every other day until all the fluid from his chest-down is back to normal. He still can not stand on his own from the fluid. His heart & blood pressure remain strong. That's a Praise!
Today, Dylan is not feeling good. He is nauseated from the contents of his feeding tube and the nurses have given him medicine for the nausea so he can keep some nutrients down. He is also passing a little blood in his stool and they are watching this closely. This morning they took the urine catheter out because it was clotting and painful. Gary is not sure if they will put another one back in? Gary & Debbie keep rubbing & putting a warm wash cloth on the sores on his legs.
They both got 4-5 hours of sleep in the room last night with Dylan. (Being out of ICU is a lot harder on everyone.) A muscle therapist is going to start to come by to try to build up strength in Dylan's hands & arms. His whole body is very weak from lying in bed 1 month. They can not work on the legs until the fluid is gone.
There are no set backs to report, but still many challenges to face and deal with. They all need an extra measure of God's abundant supply of strength, hope and continued endurance. Pray for his team of doctors to have God given wisdom in figuring out how to treat Dylan's on going health issues. Please continue to reach out to the family with encouragement on the Blog Site and always call before a visit, as, like today with Dylan being nauseated, may not be a good day for visitors. Stay steadfast in your prayers. They need this the most! Let's pray Romans 15:13 for today as their Spirit's need a little lifting up! Thanks for all your continued support! God Bless.
9 comments:
Gary, Debbie & Dylan,
Our thoughts and prayers are with you. May God grant you the strength, wisdom and encouragement you need during this time. We pray all the medical staff treating Dylan does so with love and care. We pray for comfort and rest for all of you. God Bless.
Love,
The Lee Family
Gary, Debbie, and Dylan,
My friends we are praying for you daily. Johnathan and Laura ask every morning, "Let's go check on Mr. Dylan on your computer, Mommy." So we come and see if there is any new information. Laura especially likes to look at Dylan's picture as she remembers you most from looking at your picture. The children want to send you some pictures they have colored for you. Hopefully we can do that real soon.
Your church family loves you.
Dawn Jones (for the five of us)
It is fresh news to hear of Dylan's progress. May our Father which art in heaven continue to put a protective hedge around you guy's that protects you from the firey darts that satan has to throw at Gods children. The darts of discouragement, lonliness' stress, sleeplessness,etc. Gods hand is upon each of you.
Glad that Dylan is in a room now. We will continue to pray for strength for each of you.
We love you!
The Manns
Gary, Debbie and Dylan,
South Georgia sends love and prayers for each of you. May God encourage you today that you are just where you should be in all of this. God is always in control and is never late. He will never take His eye or hand off of you all. We continue to pray and send hugs to all.
Love,
Patty Smith
Hello Shugart Family,
It's good to hear that Dylan has been moved out of ICU and is progressing. I know this presents some challenges, but we will continue to present our prayers for you to our Father. Please rest well by resting in Him. Eunice and I love you guys.
Todd & Eunice
Still love you (though not nearly as much as our Father does) - still praying with you ...... and still miss you.
Wheeza
Hopefully you are one step closer to coming home! May the good progress continue with therapy and dialysis...sure do miss talkin with Dylan about American Idol and having my "backdoor friend" across the hall at work! It's just not the same without you three. Love you and pray you can stay healthy, steadfast, strong and courageous.
Linda
Praying everyone gets a better nights sleep and that morning will find much improvement has been made. We love you and will continue to pray for God to heal.
We are praying everything begins to work as it should. Thank God for the extention on Gary's testing. Thank God we have people in this world who are willing to work with families in times such as this.
Always in prayer for you all.
Love and prayers,
Mark and Linda and family
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