Wednesday Morning ... Maybe

At this time we have been informed that James is scheduled in the OR on Wednesday morning at 8a.m. This of course once again hinges on whether there is a bed available in the ICU. So as it stands now we will be in hospital almost two weeks before the possibility of the lavage taking place.

On the positive side: this time in hospital may not be good for the family, but it is good for James. The low activity level is what is keeping him stable. We definitely seen this on Friday when Rob and the girls came again with my parents as well. James wanted to join the rest of us on the couch and looking out the window. Just the simple move from his bed to the couch made him deSAT and his heart rate sour. We also allowed him to sit in the window in his room for a bit before we forced him back into bed since his oxygen requirements had gone up a litre and his heart rate wasn't settling. During this time he didn't even do any walking, he was simply sitting, fooling around a bit and getting more excited because of the change in the scenery and entertainment.

James' "owee's" seem to have improved, so if it stays that way then we're figuring it was likely some discomfort due to the C. Diff. It looks like he is slowly on the mend in the C. Diff area as his stools are beginning to head back in the "normal" direction. GI did a change to his formula yesterday, just adjusting the amounts of the three formulas he's already getting. It will be hard to gage any initial effects of this change as we're still dealing with the C. Diff right now. GI has also talked about doing a Calorimetery test. In this test they measure the calories your body burns when resting and then use that figure to estimate what you would burn doing other activities. When I read about the test I get a pretty strong feeling that James is not going to cooperate for this one ... and he definitely won't be resting when it's done, so I'm not sure it will be of any use.

So for now it looks like we're just "hanging out" for the next few days, waiting, hoping and praying that everything will go through on Wednesday. Rob has taken over my post for the day, and I'm home with the kids. Later today we'll spend some time together again before I take up my position again and the others go back home and from there get "disbursed" to their new homes for the week.