Friday, April 10, 2009

Update on My Nephew

Hudson’s surgery was postponed until this morning, but is done now.  Dad said he made it through the surgery; one of the surgeons was optimistic that he “will make it”, and the other one said he is a very sick little boy and we’ll have to see “if he makes it”.

It turned out to be that his liver was herniated through his diaphragm and I guess was interfering with his lungs and heart.  At one point I heard that his heart was enlarged, but I don’t have a confirmation on that since the surgery.

I should clarify a little bit:  they knew that Hudson had issues during the pregnancy.  He has club feet, some problems with digestion and/or elimination, and has had breathing problems since birth.  He is apparently quite opinionated about all of the poking and prodding he gets on a daily basis, and on more than one occasion it has upset him so much that he has gone into a kind of seizure and stopped breathing.

Thank you for your prayers.  Obviously, they are still very much needed.

3 comments:

Lucy Marie said...

Still praying.

Wendy said...

Oh! I'm so sorry that your little nephew is having to go through so much! Sending up prayers for him!

Debbie said...

I know how hard this can be. We knew my grandson had a heart problem before he was born and has had open heart surgery since then. He was born on Feb. 12, and just came home last friday. But what a blessing he is already. I will send prayers up continually for this little one and his parents. God is so good, we have to remember that. In Him, Debbie