Monday, May 19, 2008

Update from Gary 9:00 am

Dylan had a rough & uncomfortable day yesterday. Apparently a lot of the Ports and catheters had to be removed & replaced to prevent any future infection and to allow the machines & drugs to work better. His body was very sore being poked & prodded all day long and he did not get much rest. His dialysis catheter had to be replaced twice as the 1st time it was not in the right position. The arterial line that keeps a constant, accurate blood pressure reading was removed from his leg to his wrist. The huge Praise is there was not much bleeding when this was removed and put into the new location. The hard thing now is that Dylan's right arm is restrained fully so he does not accidently pull this line out!! There would be a lot of bleeding if this happened. PRAY for Dylan as he does NOT like having his right arm restrained. He was understandably out of sorts all day yesterday, but Gary said that when he arrived this morning at 7:30am Dylan was already asking for Chocolate Ice Cream for breakfast! Now that's a breakfast of champions :)


The liver enzymes are still elevated so we must continue to pray the doctors find out what's going on with the liver with the Graft v. Host! The kidneys are only working off the 24/7 dialysis as they continue to get fluid from his body. Everything should be much calmer for today as a lot was done yesterday! Gary did tell me that Dylan's White Blood cells are down today at 2 where 4.5 is normal. THIS MEANS DYLAN CAN NOT HAVE VISITORS UNTIL HIS WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT COMES BACK TO THE NORMAL OR BETTER RANGE. We need to pray that this comes up quickly as this is what fights infections in his immune system. This does NOT mean we can't visit Debbie & Gary!! We can still bring lunches/dinners to them in the ICU waiting room or take them out to dinner from the 7-8:30pm when they are required to leave for Nurse Rotation. Visitors just CAN NOT go through the doors into the ICU room to see Dylan. Until his levels come back up, Gary & Debbie definitely NEED the love & support of friends filling in the gap for family!!


If anything changes throughout the day we will update the blog. Debbie is heading to the house to get so much needed sleep and will come back to join Gary later in the afternoon. PRAY that the Lord will give them all much sound sleep & rest today. Praying Psm.29:11 for today.


5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hello Gary, Debbie, & Dylan,

I've read the latest updates and will pass the information along to others for prayer. I love you guys and hope to see you again soon.
Todd

Anonymous said...

Hey guys,

I pray that God will give you rest today.

"He maketh me to lie down in green pastures" Psalm 23:2

I pray this, knowing that my God listens!!

Love you all,

Randy

Anonymous said...

Dylan.DEBBIE.Gary
We are praying for all of you.we
pray that GOD will give you a good
night sleep.
WE pray that tomorrow will be a better day.WE pray for GOD to touch DYLAN body and make him
well again . we love you all very
much. GOD can do all things.
love nanny,pawpaw.

Anonymous said...

Good night sweet family! We pray that the Lord will continue to protect & guard you in your thoughts as you Rest in Him, knowing that He loves you and is caring for you! See you tomorrow for dinner with some more good "Yankee" food! :)

Love, Liz & Steven xoxoxo

Anonymous said...

Dylan, Gary & Debbie:

Peter tells us in 1 Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

God will get the eternal glory for His will that He accomplishes in your life. Your life is a glorious testimony for the Lord.

We are praying for God's strength and power upon you that you will begin to heal.

We love you dearly.

Tony, Kayanne, Mindy and the Russell Hill Baptist Church family.