Update on Jeremiah

Playing with a little jeep

Sponge bath

Thursday afternoon Jeremiah threw up his lunch and started acting sick. During the night that night, he seemed to have sever stomach pain and no position was comfortable for very long. Friday morning we were at the Dr. office at 7:30 when they opened. The Doctor there checked him out and suggested we go to the Emergency room at the Children's Hospital. After spending all day Friday in the ER observation room, they decided that he had appendicitis. They took several X-rays, did blood and urine work, and finally did a sonogram to try be sure that was what it really was. 30 minutes after the diagnosis, he was going into surgery.

By 8:00 that night we were being wheeled into his room where will stay for at least 6 days.

playing with his hair

It is very rare for a child under the age of 4 to have appendicitis. They say that his recovery will be slow for various reasons, one: he is so young, two: The appendics had started to rupture and pus was found in his stomach.

More play time

Day one: Jeremiah threw up several time but was going to the bathroom regularly and they were very happy with that. He was put on a different medication to stop the vomiting.

Watching Thomas the Train video
(3x's today)

Day two: He had not thrown up since 6:30 p.m. on Saturday so today they let him a little juice about 2 oz and 3 spoons of jello. He seemed very good today, more awake and interactive, even at times bored. At 5:30 p.m. today he started to throw up. They gave him more medicine to stop the throw up but he continued to throw up two more times. After the 3rd time the nurses look at him more closely and noticed that his stomach was distended. The Doctor came within the next hour and said that his intestines had stopped. This is a normal side-affect of surgery and they will re-start on their own with time. If he throws up again, they will have to put a drain down his nose and into his stomach. He is also, restricted from drinking and eating again.Modeling his IV

Pray that he doesn't throw up again and that his intestines will start working soon.