Hello to all of our prayer warriors!! We can't thank you enough for your continued prayers and concern!! Prior to the seizure Michael had last night, the plan was for the Neurologist to see Michael today as he had some twitching and jerking in his legs (they had been looking at different things in his blood like Magnesium and Calcium and Electrolytes).
Anyway we met the Neurologist in the ICU today. Initially last night we were told the CT scan was negative, but the Neurologist, Dr Kosa, said there were two small bleeds in his brain called subdural hematomas--the space between the skull and the brain. At this time, they are not big enough to treat which is good because of his low platelets. So for now the treatment is to give him more platelets and let his body heal.
Another issue is that he had a fever this morning, so they are also treating him for meningitis. But they have done cultures in case it is somewhere else. New antibiotics were started today.
Tomorrow they hope to do an MRI test which will give the doctors more information about what is going on. He had an EEG today to look at his brain waves, which was not bad considering the seizures and the meds he was on.
So how is Michael doing? He did have one more seizure this morning and he is now on meds to help that. The doctor said that it is not uncommon for this kind of bleed he has to cause irritation to the brain and then cause seizures. Right now Michael is not responding to our voices, but he does respond to pain. At this point this is okay that he is not responding, but he needs to start waking up for us.
For our prayer concerns we pray that the bleeding stops and his body responds well to the platelets (and his body start producing all the red blood cells and platelets it needs and to continue to white blood cell production), for all infections to resolve, for Michael to wake up quickly and that this is just a small bump on the way. And as always prayers for the doctors and staff caring for him.
Thank you!! Thank you!! Thank you so much for all of the prayers for healing!!
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