Dear friends,
Thanks for your continued prayers. Samantha was admitted to the hospital last Monday with a very dangerous infection in her PICC line. Specialists were called in, as the labs were unable to determine exactly what the infection was, or where it came from. Thankfully it did respond to antibiotics and after a few days she was out of danger. The doctors were very concerned about future infections and the need to increase the feeding rate on her NJ feeding tube, which had never worked well. They anticipated at least another week in the hospital, treating the infection and finding a safe way to get her much needed nutrition, as she has not been able to tolerate anything by mouth for months. Infections are always scary, but especially with motility conditions, as often they make the symptoms much worse. The doctor had to pull the infected line and also repositioned the feeding tube, as it had moved. We were not happy when he decided to wait to replace the PICC line and try again to use the feeding tube. This tube has been extremely painful and the other specialist had recommended abandoning it. Much to everyone's surprise, the tube is now working so well that they did not have to replace the PICC line. She can now get all of her nutrition through this much safer method. AND....she has actually been able to sip some clear liquids today. Because she is doing so well, the doctors decided to let her come home today. This change is her condition was totally unexpected and can not be explained by any treatments that have been done since she was hospitalized. The small intestines, which have showed NO motility for months of testing are now working. The nurses can't believe it, the doctors can't explain it and we are praising GOD! Time will tell how much healing has truly happened and what the future will hold. All decisions made by the specialist to discontinue treatments were based on the fact that the feeding tube wouldn't work and the small intestines were not moving. We are anxious to see what comes next, based on what happened this weekend. God has clearly worked a miracle! We are patiently waiting to see the extent of HIS work.
God is good, all the time.
Tim and Susan Heinrich
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