Day 2 Colectomy

I was just getting excited to write a positive post, but in typical Bug fashion he has thrown us a curve ball.
Alex had a rough start to the day. His pain was staying at an 8-9 and he was having trouble talking or breathing. He started having trouble with his oxygen saturation’s which were falling to the low 80’s. We started him on oxygen while we waited for the pain team to come and make more adjustments. We increased the amount of medication he could get when he pushes the button on his pain pump. When we still were having significant pain we added a second pain pump as well. Early afternoon we noticed him starting to feel a bit better from a pain standpoint and he was finally able to sleep for a few hours. However, he was still struggling to move without intense pain and his heart rate going into the 160 range. So we doubled the amount of med he gets through the second pain pump.

  So besides the improved pain control we also started to see a small amount of output from his ostomy which is great. All was looking up...

However, his blood counts have dropped by over 3 points and he just spiked a fever of 102. I am unsure of the plan right now as the doctors are being contacted. Please pray for answers and an easy resolution. I desperately need some sleep. I hope that things settle down so I can rest some tonight.

Ali