Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Home Again

Seamus was discharged on Saturday afternoon with a PICC line to finish the antibiotics for his pneumonia and a treatment plan for the GI issues, which still seems a little uncertain.

They were shocked that in less than 24 hours between the colonoscopy, when he was clear, and the CT scan, he had gotten all blocked up again. He has colitis, which is inflammation of his intestinal tract, that is making his constipation worse, and then the constipation is causing more inflammation. It's like the chicken and the egg. They are treating the colitis with anti-inflammatory drugs but so far, he is still in pain and not pooping very much. We also have to give him a steroid suppository every day for the rectal ulcers which is pure torture for him. It breaks my heart to hear him beg us each day not to do it. Finally, he has H. Pylori, which causes peptic ulcers, but he has it in his intestines. The treatment is pretty heavy duty so they want to wait until the pneumonia treatment is done. So basically, the pneumonia is the only thing that is really under control.

Tomorrow, Seamus starts pre-school again. It's only a couple hours a day, 3 days a week so we are hoping he can handle it. He's really looking forward to it and we would hate to have to pull him out.

Here are some pictures of our latest vacation in Williamsburg and VA Beach. I'm so glad we could fit it in before he went into the hospital.





3 comments:

Graciy said...

It really seems like you are doing awesome with your hands so full!

Rebecca said...

Glad to hear that Seamus is home again, and I really hope that the doctors/you can get all the issues under control soon and that Seamus can feel more comfortable.

Sending him lots of gentle hugs,

Becky, Seren & Dylan xxx

Zoe Isabella said...

Julie,
I'm so sorry you all are going through so much with Seamus right now....I know you could use a "healthy" break.
We will keep him in our prayers...
Hugs,
Jada