Good Evening all. As the day is drawing to a close we are returning Shawna to Chedoke for hopefully her last stay of a few nights till she comes home for good. Last week Shawna had a few things on the go. She had a ct scan done which yeilded more questions. There was no water in the brain but there may be an infection under the skull plate at the incision site. The Doctors are going to do a contrast CT scan to verify this tomorrow and if it is so they will come up with a treatment plan which may delay Shawna's discharge to home. She was also scheduled for small operation to remove her J-tube (feeding tube) which is in the lower intestine and replace it with a G-tube which is into the stomach. When she went for this proceedure the specialist refused to do it because he felt it was unnecessary and dangerous. So now we sit between doctors who are adamant about their own position and we are quite comfortable keeping things as is without further operations. The only reason we could see for the changing of position of the tubes would have been to increase the feed amount and be able to do it at regular breakfast, lunch, and supper times and using gravity only. Right now Shawna is on a feeding system which pumps it in slowly and mostly while she is sleeping. It seems to be a wait and see thing as she is developing slowly with her swallowing. They did a videoscope of that which showed she was swallowing successfully and when the more liquid forms did slip by into her airway she coughed the fluids out successfully. There were no silent fluids slipping by unnoticed by her into her lungs. She was given the go ahead to continue being fed thickened juices and once her swallowing develops better she will get more to eat.
On Sunday Shawna was again able to worship with her brothers and sisters in Attercliffe which was a tremendous blessing as she was now able to concentrate a bit more on a beautiful sermon on Heidleberg Catechism Lord's Day 10. She was also able to center her head and smile at many of her friends. We recieved the most smiles though when she stayed home for the night and enjoyed a good nights rest away from all the hospital noises, although i'm not sure about the brother noises and their intensity. That seems to be the time she laughs the most because she knows shes truly home.
We continue to rely only upon the Lord and his mercies and continue to recieve all that we are in need of. Thank you for your prayers and support Al and Deb
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The day is coming closer that Shawna is coming home. We hope with you that there is no infection under the skull. We had a telephonecall with mom Ria and she told already about the useless trip to the other hospital that took a whole day. That is not good for anyone, special not for Shawna. But on the other hand the doctor who had to do the operation is responsible for the feedingtube and we think that he is right to let it be as it is now. It is a blessing that Shawna can go to church with you. We pray and hope that she can come home on 5 september . So we say with you : " WELCOME HOME ,SHAWNA !!!! " We continue praying for all of you.With love:
oom Klaas
oom Jan + tante Menna
oom Albert + tante Joke
oom Henk + tante Marry
oom Age + tante Willy
+ our children.
to the whole family!!
We are eagerly anticipating with you Shawna's move home! We hope and pray that all goes smoothly on Friday - looking forward to seeing you in a couple of weeks
love marlene and jack and the family
Thank you for your continued updates on this blog.
We read it regularly, and keep Shawna and family in our prayers.
May God continue to bless her recovery!
Yours in Christian love,
Len and Helena Petter and family.
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