[Prayer/Info at Medina UMC] Tuesday 3.25.08

Tue Mar 25 10:54:20 EDT 2008

Tuesday <http://medinaumc.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/tuesday-32508/>  3.25.08

Posted by medinaumc <http://www.medinaumc.org>  on March 25, 2008

Seven year old: Davis McMullen who had been run over by a truck is slowly
improving and needs our prayers. No brain damage, but many broken bones.
(From Clara Ann)

Jo Alden is at the Nursing Home in Bandera for rehabilitation. Her son had
to go back to North Carolina on Sunday. Let's keep Jo in our prayers and if
you're in Bandera, stop by for a visit.

This came in from Sandra Vannatter:
Ernest Mayfield today. He had an accident with a radial saw and severly cut
his left hand. There was extensive surgery, but it is still possible that
the hand will have to be amputated.

Ernest grew up in Medina and now lives in Pipe Creek. He was well known for
his auctioneering ability and his work with the Bandera Country Junior Live
Stock Show. He is making progress faster than their expectations, he is
getting more feeling in the hand now, and he is able to control the one
finger that only wanted to curl. His therapist is very pleased with his
progress. He said several have called and sent cards! I told him that two
churches in Medina and one in Bandera were praying as well as all the
individuals.

Let's pray for the Youth as they try to tie up all the loose ends to present
their drama THIS Sunday!

Prayers for the Men's Group who will be leaving on a overnight camping trip
tomorrow!

Here's the latest on Baby Rowan:
Well, Happy Easter everyone!  Rowan and I unfortunately spent ours on the
HEM/ONC floor of Methodist Children's Hospital.  He came in with another
line infection two weeks ago, started iv antibiotics, and went into septic
shock the second night here.  He kept spiking temps up to 104 and then
dropping down to 95/96.  It was really scary this time for me, and hard on
him too.  He shook all night, had trouble breathing and coloring.  Well,
they did fluoroscopy scan and discovered that his central line was dislodged
and ruptured on the inside of his chest, which is why the antibiotics
weren't working at first.  They weren't staying in the blood stream, just
dispersing into his tissue.  He had surgery to have that line removed right
away, and they put in a peripheral iv for the remainder of the 10 day course
of antibiotics.  He had a lot of trouble coming out of the anesthesia this
time which was different for him, dropping his bp to 42/17 and his sats to
80% whenever they tried to take him off the 02.  We had to keep him on
oxygen the rest of the day.  As usual, he also had a lot of trouble with his
ivs holding, going through about one a day the first week.  His labs are a
little weird again today too, neutrapenic again and his red counts are all
low, even the platelets this time.  However, he is finally feeling much
better now though.  He has finished the treatment, has had clean cultures,
and has kept this iv in for 3 days now.  Tomorrow morning, Monday the 24th,
he goes in for a second surgery to have a new Broviac line put in on the
other side of his chest.  Then, I think we will finally get to go home.
Brian and the kids have been in Ohio with my family for Spring Break and
Easter, so it will be great to get all of us home together again.  Rowan and
I had to cancel our trip there with them at the last minute due to this
emergency.  He certainly keeps us on our toes. 

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