Hi everyone, Hannah Grace here. Mum has a hard time posting on here from her phone so I will be taking her Facebook updates and reposting them on here. Here's the latest update:
"OK prayer warriors . . . Noah is resting right now. He's not running a fever but is very tired.
He's scheduled for a PICC line at 2 PM. This is a line placed in his
arm like an IV but threaded up to near his heart like his central line.
They cannot pull the infected line until this is in because they cannot
meet his medical needs without some kind of central access.
This is generally done under
sedation but he is not considered a candidate for sedation (far too
risky). They'd do anesthesia in the OR but the OR IS hopelessly backed
up today and there's no way to get him in - and they need to get this
infected line OUT.
This is going to be asking a lot of Noah.
It will be painful and it will be scary. We are doing everything we can
to minimize fear and discomfort but it will still be hard for him.
Please pray that they can do this as quickly and painlessly as possible
with as little trauma as possible. He's already far more stressed than
we usually see.
An Infectious Disease specialist is going to
be consulting to see what we can do to get these infections treated sand
get him healed enough for surgery for a new line as soon as possible."
