Another day where Will had to fight some battles. His digestive system is starting to give some problems. But that is something that the doctors can deal with.
We all know that Will likes to do things himself and doesn't like to ask or get any help which in this situation is very hard for him. And as a result Will started to reject the heart/lung machine. He wanted to do the job himself again.
Even though they wanted to wait another day, the doctors decided to remove the heart/lung machine since it was starting to give Will problems. They wanted to see if the heart was strong enough to do this task on its own again.
This afternoon around 4 pm local time, they started the process and half way through the procedure they noticed that his body wasn't accepting this responsibility yet. They had to hook up the heart/lung machine again but this time they inserted the tube in his neck. They had to give him another oxygen machine because they need to get the carbon dioxide out and the new machine seems to be doing a better job with that.
It has been an enormous traumatic day for Will and his body shows it at the moment. He's more swollen than ever but after talking to the nurse, she assured us that the trauma he has gone through today is the reason for that. Tonight they would hook him up to the dialysis machine again and the swelling will get less in the next couple of days.
Will has a long road ahead of him and it's not expected that he'll be leaving the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) soon. He is still in critical condition but stable at the moment. His heart is again a bit stronger today than it was yesterday and we're all happy about that. If his heart keeps getting stronger, which is the case since several days in a row, then when they take away the heart/lung machine his body will start the natural process again which will benefit his lungs right away.
As mentioned before... we believe in 'Will Power'!
Hi everybody, we leven intens mee met Willy en jullie allemaal, maar de spanning wordt soms bijna ondraaglijk. We kunnen niet anders dan blijven hopen dat Wil ergens de kracht kan vinden om hier bovenop te komen.
ReplyDeleteZolang hij het gevecht volhoud moeten we erin blijven geloven.
Het is moeilijk om de woorden te vinden om uiting te geven aan de machteloosheid die we voelen. Onze hoop en zo nodig gebeden zijn voor jullie en Wil. Hang in there!! Hugs and kisses, Hans, Jannie, Rik en Sylvia
Hi everybody, just a short message to let you know that, despite the great distance, our thoughts are continuously with Will, Marian and you guys. We all hope for a miracle and that Will, will find the strenght and a way to keep on fighting. A big hug for everybody and don't forget that we love you all! Marijke, David, Robin and Jadie XXX
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ReplyDeleteMarjon and myself are on a short holiday, but we keep looking at the progress.
Will we hope you can beat this, and that is what needs to do, beat.
Thinking of you all.
love and strenght
Arjen & Marjon
Lars & Arne