Saturday, February 25th

Will is experiencing some problems this afternoon, and the docs don't seem to know what's causing them.

A little after 4:00 this afternoon his blood pressure and oxygen saturations dropped suddenly for no apparent reason. When they did a blood gas, it showed that his hermadocrit was low (27) so they decided to give him some blood, in addition to some albumin. They also stopped his feeds. It seemed to work and his blood pressure and sats went up. They also did a chest and an abdominal x-ray, and neither showed any changes.

Just a few minutes ago, his nurse was changing his diaper, and Will had a very large bloody stool. This explains why his blood pressure and sats were low, but they don't know what is going on.

Right now, they have turned his g-tube (feeding tube) to suction, so his stomach will be empty and can rest. They have just run some blood work, so hopefully they can find out really soon what is going on.

I pray that this is nothing too serious, and can be corrected quickly.

I'll keep you updated!!