The doctors have decided to hold off on Jackson's cath lab procedure for now. The earliest it may happen is tomorrow morning. Some blood cultures were drawn several days ago that showed a possible infection. The doctors feel it was probably a false positive, but just to be sure they want to hold off on any procedures till the second set of blood culture results are back. A new blood culture result will be available tomorrow. (He's already being treated with antibiotics for the possible infection.) This gives us one more day for the tPA to effectively break the clot, if it might be God's will! After getting more information about the cath procedure, it doesn't sound like the doctor's concern is so much the risk of the procedure but the fact that a stent will be placed and, with as small as he is, the stent will not grow with him. It would have to be replaced with a larger stent when Jackson is a little older. Of course we would love to avoid ANY sort of extra implanted items, but we are looking to the Lord to determine what is best for Jackson. Thank you, again, so very much for all who have prayed. Your prayers are being heard and answered.
Here's a brief overview of Jackson's status right now:
-On the ventilator (Lord-willing this will come out as soon as clot is gone)
-Foley catheter (wasn't emptying his bladder well last night)
-PICC IV that's used for most of his medications as well as for lab draws
-Two normal peripheral IV's
-Receiving tPA and heparin for blood clot
-Chest tube
-Implanted pacemaker
-Nasogastric tube for nutrition
So far they have not needed to restart an arterial monitoring line- yay!
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