After spending the night at Inova Loudon Hospital, they repeated blood work and found that Shaun's white blood cell count was still high, at 29,000. Not convinced that it didn't have something to do with Shaun's bowels (despite findings yesterday) they decided to do an ultrasound. They found that Shaun has intussusception of his bowel. When considering their options (transfer to Fairfax hospital or UVA) the GI doctor from UVA called and said they wanted Shaun there - so they have been in route to Charlottesville and just now arrived there.
The treatment plan is to give Shaun a barium enema to unfold the bowel and cure the blockage. If this procedure is not successful, Shaun will require surgery to fix the obstruction. After the obstruction if fixed, Shaun will be kept in the hospital until he has normal bowel function.
Please continue to pray for Shaun, Denise, the doctors and the rest of the Steyaert family. Praise God they were able to determine what was wrong. Now we are praying that the barium enema will be successful and surgery will be unnecessary. Please join us in this! We will continue to update here as we know more.
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