Unexpected Twists and Turns

When I reread the last update from Sunday it was hard to believe all that's transpired in less than 48 hours. They decided to do an X-ray to confirm the feeding tube placement before restarting Lee's nutrition through it. The surgeons who had pushed it back in to position (but did not secure it) were left scratching their heads when the film showed it was already coiled back up in her stomach.

The surgical team called GI back in for a consult but elected to put Lee back on the TPN IV nutrition since she had essentially been fasting for five days. Her body didn't tolerate the TPN very well initially so they spent most of Monday giving her electrolytes and working to get her labs back in normal ranges. Fortunately, as of this morning everything is back within normal ranges. We also just got word that the GI team plans to attempt repositioning and securing the feeding tube again sometime today. That's an answer to prayer in itself because we were originally told that couldn't happen during this trip. Hopefully they'll have some more creative strategies for keeping it in place this time.

On the positive side, her surgical site looks great and her pain levels from that procedure are very manageable. If the procedure today goes according to plan and there are no other setbacks then we hope she can be discharged on Wednesday. We've pushed back our return to Washington until the weekend to provide some buffer and transition time. We would appreciate your prayers today for the tube procedure and I'll update on our progress one we know any new definitive information. Thanks for your ongoing prayers, love, and support!

Steve

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Comments

Kurt Kroschel:

May God's relentless love sustain you!

Debby Archer:

Praying for all involved today! God Bless everyone!

Barbara Sovde:

Prayers for both and for the medical team. Take care of yourself too Steve.

Rebecca M Doty:

Prayers for Lee and you. Prayers for wisdom for the doctors. ❤🙏

Kelly Anderson:

Praying for Lee, you and everyone involved ❤

Wanda Royal:

Continuing prayers for Lee, you & the medical team.

Ellen Bunch :

Praying the procedure goes good. Glad you are able to be with her. Love you guys. 🙏🙏🙏

Steve Braden:

Praying for the procedure and the doctors. Thanks for the update. We love you guys

Violet:

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name. Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit. Psalm 147:3-5

Bruce Ensign:

Continuing to pray for you and Lee and God's provision and support as you continue through this trial.

sandra henry:

Continuing to pray for your physical and spiritual needs and for your medical team.

Amy Garland:

Praying for wisdom and clarity for Lee's medical team. Praying for God's continued faithfulness and provision for you both! Much love!!

Sandy Temple:

I continue to lift you all up in prayer. Much love!

Shelly Whitehurst:

Continuing to pray for you, Lee. ❤ you, old friend.