A lot has happened for Benjamin today.
They did his first contrast study. They had Benjamin drink contrast and then took a series of x-rays to see how things were moving through the stomach and small intestines.
The bad news...
Things were not moving. This means there isn’t very much motility in the new organs yet.
It’s not totally uncommon. Pain medication can slow the intestines. It sometimes takes a little while for them to wake up after a surgery like this.
We’re hoping the less pain medicine he takes and the more he is up and moving the motility will increase until its normal.
They did an Venogram on his left shoulder, chest and arm to check on the blood clot.
The blood clot is located around his Hickman line. The Hickman is his central line that he has had since we first got here to Ohio, they replaced his port-o-cath with it. This is going to require a two hour procedure tomorrow where they go in through his jugular and pull out the Hickman and then a process to keep that vein from collapsing on itself and remove the blood clot. It is possible they may have to put a stent in the vein depending on how things go.
And to add icing on the cake... We just found out our 7 week old grandson has to be admitted to the hospital for RSV.
More prayers for Benjamin that the procedure on his veins will be successful and that motility will return to his organs. Also prayers for our grandson and for our family would be so greatly appreciated. We truly believe in the power of prayer and we know that miracles happen and blessings come through those prayers.
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