My husband Ben is still having some issues which concern us, and I'm trying to not worry about him, but it's difficult. He has some unexplained pain today, and he found out yesterday that he is infected with Salmonella.
What happened began last Saturday morning. He went into the ER when I wasn't home, with the kids with what felt like pain in his heart. They tested his lungs and heart which were fine, determined it was the gallbladder. By about 10 pm he had the surgery to have it removed, which is about the time I got home from Seattle having found out in the afternoon what was going on. When we were settling down to sleep, that's when the trouble started.
They had put him in pediatrics which is odd, for recovery. He was supposed to stand up every hour and one time he did, but got dizzy while the nurse and I were standing there in front of him. An hour later he couldn't even talk almost, just sitting up. I was sitting behind him to make sure he was supported from behind, and the nurse was in front of him. He started passing out and then coming-to. We tried to get him to lay down and he stopped breathing and I saw his blood pressure went down to 29 on the bottom number. So we sat him back up. The nurse asked me to hit the emergency response button so I stuck my knee in his back and reached up and pressed it. Rapid Response is a crew of ICU nurses who came down and started monitoring his vitals. They were trending (down). They tested his blood, an hour later the results said he was septic.
We transferred his bed to ICU at about 4:45 AM. When he got there I didn't say much and watched. They spent the next hours taking more tests and hooking him up to various things. They started antibiotics and more IVs and removed him to take a cat scan. They found internal bleeding. The doctor who performed the laparoscopy to remove the gallbladder came in at about 7 AM and looked frustrated. He thought it was possible he had clipped an artery on accident to explain the bleeding. He was going to have to take him back into surgery and find where the bleeding was.
By about 9 the surgery was done and Ben was back. The doctor said when he went in, he couldn't find any bleeding so it must have stopped. They removed a liter of blood which was causing trauma to his internal cavity. They gave him a transfusion and we spent the day monitoring his numbers.
The next day they did another scan and found there was more internal bleeding again, and gave him more transfusions. That was Monday, which is when most church prayer chains start getting up and functioning. We weren't sure if there was going to be another surgery to find the bleeding. The doctor couldn't explain why the bleeding was around the liver and the spleen since the gallbladder site wasn't near them.
Tuesday morning however, he had held his numbers all that night. After eating and drinking, they started taking out his IVs and then they said they were going to release him!
The last information on his blood was that it was at "8.5" "7" would have gotten him another transfusion. "Normal" I guess... capacity is 10-12 for a woman and 13-16 for a man. So he is pretty weak. It will take him a month to recoup his blood to a normal level. But other than that he is eating and watching tv and having a great time, except he's getting cabin fever.
The LORD has been very good. I believe it is the prayers of the church which appropriated the power of God into Ben's body. I have no explanation how the internal bleeding stopped. From what I understand, most of the time internal bleeding does not stop, and an organ has to be removed. I can say with joy,
What happened began last Saturday morning. He went into the ER when I wasn't home, with the kids with what felt like pain in his heart. They tested his lungs and heart which were fine, determined it was the gallbladder. By about 10 pm he had the surgery to have it removed, which is about the time I got home from Seattle having found out in the afternoon what was going on. When we were settling down to sleep, that's when the trouble started.
They had put him in pediatrics which is odd, for recovery. He was supposed to stand up every hour and one time he did, but got dizzy while the nurse and I were standing there in front of him. An hour later he couldn't even talk almost, just sitting up. I was sitting behind him to make sure he was supported from behind, and the nurse was in front of him. He started passing out and then coming-to. We tried to get him to lay down and he stopped breathing and I saw his blood pressure went down to 29 on the bottom number. So we sat him back up. The nurse asked me to hit the emergency response button so I stuck my knee in his back and reached up and pressed it. Rapid Response is a crew of ICU nurses who came down and started monitoring his vitals. They were trending (down). They tested his blood, an hour later the results said he was septic.
We transferred his bed to ICU at about 4:45 AM. When he got there I didn't say much and watched. They spent the next hours taking more tests and hooking him up to various things. They started antibiotics and more IVs and removed him to take a cat scan. They found internal bleeding. The doctor who performed the laparoscopy to remove the gallbladder came in at about 7 AM and looked frustrated. He thought it was possible he had clipped an artery on accident to explain the bleeding. He was going to have to take him back into surgery and find where the bleeding was.
By about 9 the surgery was done and Ben was back. The doctor said when he went in, he couldn't find any bleeding so it must have stopped. They removed a liter of blood which was causing trauma to his internal cavity. They gave him a transfusion and we spent the day monitoring his numbers.
The next day they did another scan and found there was more internal bleeding again, and gave him more transfusions. That was Monday, which is when most church prayer chains start getting up and functioning. We weren't sure if there was going to be another surgery to find the bleeding. The doctor couldn't explain why the bleeding was around the liver and the spleen since the gallbladder site wasn't near them.
Tuesday morning however, he had held his numbers all that night. After eating and drinking, they started taking out his IVs and then they said they were going to release him!
The last information on his blood was that it was at "8.5" "7" would have gotten him another transfusion. "Normal" I guess... capacity is 10-12 for a woman and 13-16 for a man. So he is pretty weak. It will take him a month to recoup his blood to a normal level. But other than that he is eating and watching tv and having a great time, except he's getting cabin fever.
The LORD has been very good. I believe it is the prayers of the church which appropriated the power of God into Ben's body. I have no explanation how the internal bleeding stopped. From what I understand, most of the time internal bleeding does not stop, and an organ has to be removed. I can say with joy,
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever.
Thank you Church for praying for Ben. All the love, visits, phone calls, texts, facebook messages and service through babysitting and meals and lawn mowing and more means so much to us. Praise God for his miraculous power!
Please continue to pray for him.
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We're praying Sis
We are praying for Ben and you as well. May God bless Ben with a quick and full recovery.
We also put up a prayer request on our Prayer site, so our prayer partners will be praying for y'all as well!
(((HUGS)))
God's Grace.
Thank you all.
That's great news Michelle!
All glory to Jehovah-Rapha: the LORD who heals. (Exod. 15:25-26; cf. 1 Cor. 10:11)
Amen JP, thank you for the verses.
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