Please, please keep Brennen in your prayers – he had a rough weekend. He spent almost 48 hours in so much pain and so nauseous that all he could do was sit up and try to rock the pain away. He has about a liter of fluid in his abdomen and they drained about 10 oz of the fluid on Friday and sent it off for culture. The culture today is beginning to show infection. They’ve changed his antibiotics and he’ll have another procedure tomorrow morning to try to drain the remaining fluid. His white blood cells continue to hover between 19 and 20 (they were at 20.8 today) when normal is 5-10 (he was at 23 when admitted with the ruptured appendix). Thank the Lord, Brennen is finally out of pain this evening and the nausea has eased. He was able to laugh and show interest in things for the first time in 2 days. It was such a HUGE relief to see his pain and spirits lifted. Seeing him smile and hearing his laugh are such precious gifts!!!
Thank you all so very much for the prayers!