The following is exactly what went out to the email group very early this morning. With one exception: I neglected to mention that today is Susan's birthday. What a way to spend a birthday. But, as one our counselors up here pointed out: We can mourn or we can celebrate life. Even if we were to lose Jacob today, it could someday become a day of celebration. But, in the meantime, it would be a day of tremendous grieving.
Original mailing:
Earlier this morning, around 1am, we got a call from the NICU. It
seems that the bleeding they had noticed earlier was more significant
than they thought. Apparently, he was bleeding in his lungs. And, now
that blood has clotted and is blocking some airways. That increased
the pressure in his right lung, to the point that it caused a hole in
that lung. The long story made short is: Jacob has taken a turn for
the worse. They have had to insert a drainage tube through the right
side of his chest wall to release the air leaking from the rupture in
his lung. They are saying that they don't know if he will survive
this, or the body's attempts to clean up those blood clots. For now,
we are here for the rest of this week.
We are BEGGING for your prayers for healing, for strength, for
understanding, for wisdom to do what needs to be done. They have asked
us to choose between continuing the most aggressive treatment
possible, and simply terminating all treatment. We don't really think
either of us can make that call. We hate to see him suffer, but don't
believe we could live with the "what ifs." We have talked and have
decided that we will continue aggressive treatment for this week and
see what happens. We sort of got the impression that the doctors and
nurses would prefer to stop treatment, even though they say that they
will not think differently about us no matter which option we choose.
In His Hands,
Terry & Susan
--
Don't let your worries get the best of you; remember,Moses started out
as a basket case.
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