Friday 10/5/18

This morning Meghan had her drain on her abdomen repositioned to better spot for it to continue draining. Doctors had to change the antibiotics for the infection in her blood because the ones she was on the bacteria was becoming unresponsive to it. Meghan’s abdomen was becoming a little big again. ACES (her surgical team of doctors) came in to evaluate her they don’t like her abdomen. Back to the OR, they believe she still is bleeding and want to get in to see and control it. Doctor came back to update after surgery and it was the same issue. The ooze bleeding was unable to clot because they were continuously flushing her internally it didn’t have a chance to form the clots. Flushing has been stopped and repacked. Next surgery will be Sunday or Monday. 

Thursday 10/4/18

Overnight labs were similar and no major changes, slightly up and down but not alarming. She went for surgery around 1:30pm and surgeon came up to talk to everyone right after. Doctors were happy with what they saw. Pancreas and area near it has stopped bleeding! Didn’t have to repack with the pressure and said things looked a ton better than the last 48 hours. They redid the placement of her drains so she can continue to drain internal fluid if needed. Also looked at her ovaries and uterus. One ovary looks ok, other one is questionable. Uterus is pretty beat up but at this time they don’t want to remove it if it isn’t necessary. Could be a potential future surgery. Next surgery to recheck again will be on Saturday if no major changes in between time. Recent labs have been looking ok and nothing alarming. They have been checking for skin breakdown just from being in the bed so much and they are having a wound specialist check her out as well. Overall a good night for Meghan and we will all continue to pray that we still head in this direction.

Wednesday 10/3/18

Surgeons told rob to have family come to the hospital - Meghan went back to surgery to see what the leaking is and check for internal bleeding. Went down to surgery around 4am and now waiting to here from the doctors. Pancreas was irritated again and area around that was bleeding. This bleed is oozing out and only way to stop it is applying pressure.. so they were doing that in the OR. They got it under control and Meghan received a lot of blood during surgery. Doctor let Meghan sit in the OR for a little after packing her abdomen to make sure she was stable enough to go back to her ICU room. She is now resting and that is the plan for the day, another surgery is set for tomorrow to re check everything and will continue this pattern for a few days. Saying goodnight Meghan was sleepy but awake and knew we were all with her. I told her I would be back in a couple days but mom, dad, gram, jimmy & Nicole would be there tomorrow. I said I love you and she mouthed it back to me 💜

Tuesday 10/2/18

Tuesday 10/2 - White blood cells up more overnight to 68 and blood pressure has slightly dropped. On a positive note kidneys have slightly improved and no dialysis at this time will be needed. Feeding tube is at the highest setting so Meghan is getting some good nutrition today. One drain is going to be removed as it has not had fluid output for 3 days. Heart procedure was done too and nothing was found sticking to her heart. Late labs came back and white blood cell count is up to the 90s. Doctors are retesting and think the high count is from the C Diff. Meghan just went into surgery around 745pm . They noticed her incisions were leaking. They opened a few of her stitches in her room and fluid was coming out. They want to see what is going on. She is currently still in surgery. Out of surgery - pancreatitis enzymes damaged the blood vessel & supply to her colon. Colon was removed. Meghan was left open and will be for monitoring. When she came back to her ICU room, slowly she began again to start leaking again out of incisions and which is the body’s response when something is wrong (like stress/infection) body wants to send blood to heal it.

Monday 10/1/18

Overnight white blood cell count went from 44-60. The doctors at this point still think it is the  c diff because of the high white blood cells. They are having a gastroenterologist come in and see Meghan. He is suggesting a fecal transplant, which is giving Meghan healthy stool to have good bacteria in her digestive tract to help heal her. Also a procedure will be done to take pictures of her heart to make sure the fungus in the blood isn’t sticking to her heart. The fecal transplant was done and have to wait at least 36 hours to see if she will need a second treatment. Heart procedure will be done tomorrow.

Sunday 9/30/18

White blood cell count in 40-50 range which is high but stable. Kidney levels are still about the same. The doctors did a abdominal CT again to see if any changes and nothing come back out of the ordinary. 

Saturday 9/29/18

Meghan has been given laxatives and a rectal catheter to help control the C Diff. Labs all day and just another day to try and let Meghan’s body rest. Rest is the best for thing for her.