02/13/2026
It’s been a long 10 day rollercoaster for little man. I will do my best to keep it brief. Recovery has been stalled, primarily due to a partially blocked bowel. Docs have been working diligently to get it figured out. Because of this, James has not taken anything by mouth for ten days. His nutrition has been running though his IV, along with fluids, meds, etc. The nutrition IV’s are extremely hard on the veins and he has been blowing IV’s pretty consistently. He’s probably had to have a minimum of 8-10 new IV’s placed. Possibility of a pic or central line in his near future. It is very important to preserve the veins in kidney patients in case they ever need dialysis in the future. He had to have the tube placed back in his nose a few days ago, to suction out his stomach intermittently and help decompress his torso. He was having some issues with vomiting. Good news is that he doesn’t have a total bowel obstruction, verified by imaging today. Docs are hopeful it will clear itself which is a huge part of advancing recovery. Thankfully it doesn’t appear that there is any issue where they removed part of his small intestines and re-attached them. Due to the imaging, they took James off the suction and he was able to eat a popsicle tonight, and so far keep it down. This was a small victory, my dude loves popsicles. Thank everybody for the continuous support and prayers. James likes to see the posts and hear all of the wonderful messages. Please continue the prayers, pray especially hard for this guy to p**p ! 💚 #
