Hello everyone! Thank you so much for your
thoughts and prayers for Chase! 2 days after the surgery Chase is doing pretty
dang good! They have removed a lot of tubes from him as you can see in the
photos above. They took out his breathing tube, a couple of his IV drip lines,
and the pace maker lines are out. They are trying to take him off the IV pain
killers and give them to him orally. They are hopefully going to remove the chest
drain tube today since he is not bleeding that much and then take the tape off
of his incision to let it air dry. They
had to use restraints the first day so he wouldn’t pull out any wires or IVs or
anything. They have since taken those off.
He is currently on only three meds and soon it will be two.
He did, however, have a little temperature.
So the nurses and doctors decided to take some cultures. They took cultures
from his nose, urine, and blood to see if he has a virus or bacterial
infection. If he has a virus they just have to let nature run its course. If it
is a bacterial infection they will prescribe him an antibiotic according to the
specific bacteria they find in the culture. In contrast a normal person goes to
a doctor for an infection all family doctors just give you a generic common
antibiotic. However, Chase will get an antibiotic specifically for the exact
infection he has….If any. But hopefully he just doesn’t have any infections. He also had an episode today when his blood pressure
spiked and he was very angry when he was being fed so the nurse had to give him
something to calm down and breathe. He
is a feisty little kid!!
His pediatrician
called us yesterday and we super excited on how it was doing. He was very impressed of where he was at this
point. He was not expecting Chase to be
this far along and is about two to three days ahead of the time line he
predicted. He said that sometimes kids
with Trisomy 21 take longer and have more complications due to the nature of
the genetic defect. We are glad to hear
this and hope things still go well.
Oh and here is a great link about what surgery he had! Check it out! http://phoenixchildrens.staywellsolutionsonline.com/Library/Encyclopedia/90,P01767?PrinterFriendly=true
Olson Family, we are gratefull for Chase's progress, we are still praying for him, from the very first moment i saw Chase's photos i loved him and wish the best for him, i know for sure he is a very special soul that came form the Heavenly Father's presence, no other soul could resist that trial or even no other family could accept the chance to overcome all things that you have done, thanks for sharing your experience and Chase's life until now. With love your friend Jannie Geronimo. Please keep in touch.
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