Sunday, June 21, 2009

update on kyle

Here is the latest on Kyle from Kathi:
Just talked to Natalie. Cat scan partial results are in , there are some spots on Kyle's kidneys, liver and lungs. He seems to have good moments and then struggles with breathing and high fevers. The infectious disease Dr. will be in tomorrow to read all the results and then they will come up with an attack. This appears that it will be a long process. He can't leave the hospital until he has gone 24 hours without a fever and when he does leave he will have an IV port put in for antibotics to be administered by Natalie for 2-6 weeks depending how his body is doing getting rid of the bacteria.The big concern right now is keeping the correct medications in him so that the organs that are affected will not shut down. Please keep him in your prayers and we will keep everyone updated. Funny thing! Kyle told the nurse that he loves baseball and when she puts in an IV she only gets 3 strikes . She ended up not being able to get it in because of the amount of sweat his body is producing I am not sure who came up to bat next but he gives them a hard time if they don't get it the first time. I forgot to mention. The 4 cultures that came back today all tested positive for E coli so it is all through his blood system right now. Scary!

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Wow! I had no idea! How long has he been sick? Is it just E Coli? Sorry for all the questions! How is his wife doing?? We will keep them in our prayers....By the way where do they live or do they have a blog??