Back From Minnesota

What a blessing our Minnesota church family is to us. It was a rough week for Cary and still is. Tuesday they ran a hiatus scan, to check and see if his bile duct was backflowing bile into the stomach. This would explain all the nausea and vomiting. The exam confirmed some backflow. He had a gastroenema? sp. They were looking for megacolon, to have documentation for insurance purposes for the recommended intestine surgery. This test also confirmed what the doctors saw when they did the transplant surgery. So, the Dr. recommends doing the surgery int he future to repair both problems. The primary issue is getting some nutrition. While we were there for his follow up to the transplant, they scheduled to place a feeding tube. There were some complications with this, as Cary is vomiting up huge amounts of liquids. It seems his stomach is unable to empty and has to vomit. The strange part is none of the drains out of the G-tube (stomach tube). He has started his nutrition through the J=tube (intestine tube). He has to work up the volume so his intestine adjust accordingly. We left Minnesota today, knowing we would probably be putting him in the hospital when we got home. The family Dr is expecting to see him in the morning, unless he gets dehydrated and we end up in ER tonight. We're hoping it will resolve itself. Thank you for your prayers. We were so blessed the weather was wonderful, bright and sunny the whole way home and roads were great too.

We thank GOD for taking care us and hope to see some improvements in Cary...
God Bless,
Amanda

After digging around 4 different times they gave up and decided to use ultrasound. I tried to use suttle hints like "must be a roller huh" "Cary you ok? He's been digging in you for a while now" Cary is a much more patient patient than I. They've dug seventeen times before, but not today. They are putting in the feeding tube. The dr expects to send him home. I will posts later on the findings from his exams yesterday. I told Cary he glows in the dark from all the nuclear stuff he had yesterday....God is good, very good to us.

We are scheduled to return to Minneapolis on the 5th of January. Cary has lost too much weight. He's currently at 121 pounds. They will be putting the feeding tube back in.

If you haven't had a chance and would to help us out with medical expenses the website is:

Medicalfundforcary.com

New Website if you would still like to help

Here's a website that provides information on Cary and the surgery.
There is a website if you're still interested in helping us out with medical bills that uses Paypal. This is an attempt to give you more detailed information about what Cary's been through and make it easy if you would like to help out.

http://web.me.com/wineingers/Site/MedicalFundforCary.html

Or you may still mail to the address below if you wish.


We do appreciate EVERYTHING so many of you have done to help us.
Cary gains a little more strength so it seems everyday. He's trying to do more things to help around home in attempts to reach for a "normal" life. He still has some complications to get through, as the doctors are still trying to solve problems, such as continued weight loss. I believe he's sitting at 126 pounds right now. We appreciate continued prayers as we all try to recover from this.

God bless.
Amanda

Most of you know by now, Cary was discharged sunday afternoon and managed to flu home. The change in the boys is amazing. We are so glad to have him home. He's still pretty weak and still vomiting.

He's been discharged

Finally he saw a doctor this morning. They ran a few things and got him fixed up well enough that, lord willing he might be discharged in the morning. Which means I'm trying to figure out when I'm going to get him. Maybe wednesday...

Of course no new because they admitted him Thursday night then they run off for the weekend and just let him sit. I knew they would do that and it makes me angry. Noone has time or money to sit in a hospital and hang out while the doctors have a weekend. If he's admitted it means he must have an immediate need... Granted thru could get him very well hydrated this way.

Cary is being admitted for a bowel obstruction. I suppose I'll have more details later. I was supposed to be going to get him Saturday.

Cary has left the building! He's been discharged today! I should be able to go get him next Saturday the 7th!