Last night was a difficult night... Shaun had a hard time sleeping, not doing much of it in fact, and throwing up at least 6 times... Dad took the brunt of it. I stayed up with him though through the night taking little power naps of about 20 minutes in between his wrenching body. I am so tired of sickness. I wish Jesus's healing hand would wipe it all away and keep us healthy.
All that being said, I took Shaun to have an x ray of his chest on Thursday. His secretions were very thick and green and smelled terrible so I knew he had an active infection, along with raging fevers near 104 degrees. The x ray showed that he had a possible pneumonia on his lower left lung and that he has a dialated heart and vessels, a new finding.
This is what the report says; "interval development of CHF/fluid overload with probable alveolar edema of the lower left lobe and possibly underlying effusion." They also say that cardiomegaly unchanged. There has been interval development of interstitial edema with cephalization of pulmonary vascularity and possible left underlying effusion/airspace disease. Cardiac pacer lead is appreciated and unchanged.
So what I know is that they say it is not life threatening right now but they recommend us to see a cardiologist. Our doctor got us in on Monday. To me that means it is very serious... there and again, we are dealing with the heart. I guess it would be serious. Pray for Shaun that he can get over this bug, his heart is ok, and he can stay well for a good stretch of time. Pray that his bowels move, his stomach dumps his food appropriately and that the "perfect storm" holds off until we can get home on Monday.
Denise- know that we are praying! We know he's in good hands- love you guys so much!
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