I love this boy

I love this boy.

For the first seven years of his life I saw him every day.

He’s a lover, a fighter, and a joker.

My love for him could not go any deeper.

I wasn’t sure how I was going to react today walking into his room.

I was surprised to find that I wasn’t overly emotional the whole time.

I was usually analyzing vitals and meds and trying to fill in some blanks medically.

I was in and out of his room all day because there are only two people allowed each time and lots of people to visit.

If I was sitting there alone and talking to him is when I was emotional, and every time I said bye I had tears in my eyes.

He is doing well though.

Today we found out that he has contracted pneumonia, fractured his wrist, and has a small fracture in his neck.  The two fractures they thought he had in his back aren’t there (I’m unclear as to why they thought they were there because the nurses never let me talk to doctors so I never really get to ask any questions that I want to). They are worried a bit about waking him up and extubating him for a few reasons:

• He has pneumonia so will have a cough but has his jaw wired shut so he won’t be able to spit out sputum.
• He will most likely be agitated because of all the tubes in his mouth/nose, and his jaw being wired shut.  They think he will try and pull out the intubation tube and because he is so big he will be harder to control and will be disoriented.
• Because the trauma has been isolated to his neck up his airway is part of that trauma, he won’t be able to breathe out of his mouth and if he rips out that tube but something happens and he needs it again it’s going to be very hard to re-insert due to inflammation.
• They debated just putting a tracheostomy (an airway cut into the trachea in the neck) in just to be safe but have decided on waking him up very slowly on Thursday and before he is fully awake take him to the OR and wake him up fully there.  This way they have the necessary resources and people there in case something goes wrong.

His intracranial pressure was pretty high most of the day.  One neurosurgeon would like to continue to monitor it and the other neurosurgeon isn’t worried about it.  If his intracranial pressure continued to be high the worry would be that there would be some brain damage.

Tomorrow he will have an ultrasound to explore possible organ damage.

We are optimistic for his recovery but  it’s very hard to predict anything until he is awake.  Thursday is going to be a huge day and very stressful.

If you are praying for Morgan and my family THANK YOU.  We are sailing on those!

You can pray specifically:

• That Morgans intracranial pressure continues to stabilize.
• That the swelling continues to subside.
• That the ultrasound would come back with no evidence of damage.
• That Thursday’s waking him up and possible extubation goes smoothly.
• That the nurses and doctors looking after Morgan are divinely guided.
• That our family gets the necessary rest and recuperation at night to be able to support each other and Morgan through his recovery each day.
• That peace that passes understanding would envelope us.

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