04/29/2007
Thomas is doing well. He is still in ICU at Sharp hospital. He is starting to respond like he did prior to the seizures. We are not sure how much longer he will be in the hospital. We are hoping they will start sitting him up in a chair and begin physical therapy.
04/24/2007
Thomas' surgery went well. He was in surgery until after midnight this morning and was awake when I left the hospital at 2:15 a.m. He didn't seem to be in much pain but they were going to give him a little pain medicine to help him sleep. He was put on a respirator so he wouldn't have to work hard to breath. They will remove him from it some time tomorrow. They are going to continue giving him antibiotics to make sure the screws they put in his back don't get infected. When I left the hospital this evening, he was running a low grade fever but resting.
04/22/2007
Most of the infections have cleared up and Thomas will be having surgery Monday, April 23rd. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers.
04/16/2007
It has been a hectic few days. Thomas went to the hospital on the 12th and was admitted with a UTI, a white blood count of 21000, low potassium and was dehydrated. We spent the next couple days figuring out what other infections he had going on; an infection in the wound on his back, his lungs and his stomach. Early this morning he suffered two seizures and was put back on the ventilator for a short time. The doctors believe the antibiotics caused lots of secretions in the trach and probably blocked his airway which caused the seizures. He was brought to ICU and then taken off the ventilator when they decided that he was breathing on his own. Later this afternoon, he went into surgery to have the infection on the wound on his back cleaned and drained. Because of the seizure medication and the anesthesia he was out of it the rest of the day. We hope tomorrow he won't have any affects from the seizures; a CT scan showed no new signs of damage. Once all the infections clear up, he will be scheduled for the surgery on the fracture of his back.
04/11/2007
We are much closer to getting a surgery date. The othopaedic surgeon wants Thomas to be checked into the hospital as soon as possible because he has a sore on his back that looks like it might be infected. When Thomas coughs, the broken portion of his back rubs on the bed causing friction so the sore won't heal. The doctor wants to have a plastic surgeon look at it and get Thomas off his back. While he's in the hospital, he will schedule the surgery for his back and possibly his neck if it is necessary. We should know in a day or two when Thomas will be checked into the hospital.
04/09/2007
Thomas has pneumonia again and possibly another UTI. He has an appointment with the orthopaedic surgeon on the 11th and then we will see when he can have the surgery for his back. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers, we need some good news for a change.
04/03/2007
Still no surgery date as of yet, we are waiting to hear back from the orthopaedic surgeon. Thomas has been running a fever but so far the nurses haven't ran any tests to find out why. Thomas did give his mom a thumbs-up, a kiss and stuck his tongue out when asked today. He is doing better at these tasks each day.
