Posted on 12/09/2006 8:48:18 AM PST by knittnmom
BTTT for more prayers!
Prayer ping!
Prayers continuing for Ian...
Prayers continue for this family and for little Ian.
Our prayers are with this little one and his family. We have prayed from first knowledge and will not stop until he is once again home.
"TT", Beth & Nana
Prayers that God our Father gives the doctors caring for Ian the wisdom to figure out what is wrong and what Ian needs for his complete restoration. Prayers for strength, peace and comfort for all the family and friends helping Ian, Reagan, Tom and HJ through this.
Ian and his family remain in my prayers today.
Continued prayers for Ian and family, may God grant them His grace, comfort and mercy.
Deep in the night, we are praying for Ian. May God touch him with His Healing Power, in Christ's name...
Carolyn
This is what Tom posted yesterday on Ian's CarePages:
"3 December 16, 2006 at 11:16 AM CST
Ian rested in relative comfort through the night. They believe his seizures were caused by an electrolyte imbalance due to something called SIADH. This syndrome causes the body to excrete too much sodium and when the sodium drops below a certain level (now I'm in over my head), seizures can result. The treatment for this syndrome involves gradually raising his sodium levels via IV to get them back into the normal range. They believe this will stop his seizures and hopefully get him back to where he was when he left the PICU on Wednesday evening.
The plan calls for keeping him sedated and intubated for at least the next 24 hours. Then, we'll see how he's doing and decide what to do next. The good news is that they think there won't be any permanent damage due to the seizures and that the sodium deficiency was the cause, so they should be controllable. No word yet on whether they will still keep him on anti-seizure medication after his sodium imbalance is fixed, though I suspect they will, just to be safe.
Thank you so much for your prayers for our little boy. Please pray that this therapy does what we expect it to and that Ian makes up the ground he lost over the last couple of days."
This is the e-mail I sent to the prayers from our church:
"I stopped for just a short visit yesterday afternoon, and he was resting peacefully. At about 4, the nurse assigned to him (Randy) asked him to wiggle his toes, then to wiggle the toes on his right foot, and then on his left, and Ian responded appropriately to each request. He opened his eyes for a little while, too.
If you're in the choir, you already know that HJ attended the cantata last night. She said that she felt it was time for her to be in church. My daughter,grandson and I sat with her, and she really enjoyed it! She looked the most at peace that she's been since Ian was hurt.
My grandson is spending the day with me today, so I won't get back to the hospital until tomorrow. If Tom posts more updates to the CarePages, I'll relay those.
God bless you all."
Thank you so much - I read the posts from greenhornet and others who were praying into the night. "The fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." and I know we have the prayers of many, many of God's men and women bringing Ian before his throne in prayer.
Continued prayers.
BTTT
Continuing my prayers for Ian...
Thanks for the update
sleuth
Prayers and a virtual candle continue for Ian.
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Good news, continuing prayers!
I haven't been to visit today (just got back from returning my beloved grandson to his parents), but here's what Tom posted today on the CarePages:
5 December 17, 2006 at 03:54 PM CST
We have great news to share!
Ian was seizure-free for the entire night. His sodium levels, which had been as low as 111 (for you medical types out there) has been raised to about 138-139. Normal, as I understand, is somewhere in the 140-145 range, but if anyone wants to correct me, please feel free. Ian was able to maintain a sufficient level of alertness and was sufficiently restless and uncomfortable that they decided to remove his tube today.
Ian's OG tube was removed this afternoon. He wasn't doing a lot for most of the afternoon besides sleeping, but he seemed to be tracking our movements, at least occasionally. Then, Morgan, BJ and Meredith arrived. Meredith sat down at the beside and started talking to Ian, and all of a sudden, Ian started talking back! He told Meredith that he missed her, said her name, etc. He also told a number of others that he missed them too, including his nurse, Susan.
The effort of speaking took a lot of energy, so now he's pretty quiet. We were thrilled to get a little glimpse of our Ian again and it certainly gives us new hope as we progress through his recovery. Once again, we have seen the power of your prayers.
If anything else happens today, I'll be sure to post something later. I wanted to get this new news out as quickly as possible. Again, thanks for your prayers so far, and please keep praying for Ian and our family.
Tom and HJ
Great news .. thanks for the update. Prayers for the whole family.
Oh my goodness...that is wonderful news.
I love that he is talking with no memory problems...
Good going, Ian, you keep resting and get your strength back...God will help you, but you need to work hard.
God, continue to heal Ian and help his family at this hard time..
sleuth
Oh, wow, great news! Continued prayers for sweet Ian and his family. :)
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