Therapy, Interrupted

I was at the tail end of my therapy session yesterday when I received an urgent call from the med center telling me that I should get there asap.
Torrey's blood pressure was not responding to three types of meds, and they were maxed out on the dosage. As a result, his blood pressure was getting lower and lower by the second.

I arrived with my brother to find my Mom was already there, and my Dad was on his way.
For the next two hours we tried to keep Torrey awake by talking to him, praying, and playing recordings of Thalia. Torrey's dad left Cal City immediately and joined us later that evening.

The doctors said he could probably only survive a couple of hours in this condition.
Finally, he started responding to the meds, and his blood pressure stabilized.

He was in a lot of pain, but the nurse didn't want to give him pain meds until his blood pressure was more stable. The next few hours were very tough, trying to get Torrey through his pain. Finally, he was stable enough, and he got the much needed relief.

While he had a very restful night, he started bleeding internally again, (very profusely according to the doctors), and he had to get 3 units of blood, along with plasma overnight.

By this morning, the bleeding had reduced quite a bit and his overall condition seemed better than yesterday. He is now on 2 blood pressure meds instead of 3, but I received word from the kidney specialist that the dialysis machine has been unable to remove any fluid from his body for the last week. They would like to discontinue dialysis until Torrey is more stable.

Obviously this is not the most encouraging news for us all, but Torrey was in good spirits today, and as you know this is often an hour to hour or day by day process, and the doctors cannot predict the likely outcome.

In the meantime, I managed to wrench my neck this morning into a 'severe muscle spasm'. I was prescribed a muscle relaxer and some pain meds, along with a referral to a physical therapy.....Blue Sheild is not likely the biggest fan of the Buell-Ward household these days! :)

We have a family conference on Sunday with the medical staff to recap the events of the past couple of weeks and further discuss Torrey's long-term prognosis.

We'll keep you posted on how that goes.

In the meantime, please pray for Torrey's comfort and strength. The next couple of days will be critical.

Regards,
Monica