by Dianne | Mar 27, 2012
Just after I sent my last post, Tyler started to crash. The team came running and was able to get him stabilized fairly quickly. He is now receiving the higher dose of Factor VII, and we’re praying hard that it makes the difference over the next 24 hours. I am posting...
by Dianne | Mar 27, 2012
As it ended up, there is only one option that can be implemented quickly enough to save Tyler from his current crisis. He is decompensating before our eyes – bleeding so quickly that he’s on the highest doses of pressors to keep his blood pressure from...
by Dianne | Mar 27, 2012
Tyler’s bleeding continues despite blocking the left gastic artery, which is the main artery that leads to the stomach. This supports the fact that Tyler’s bleeding is spread out over his entire stomach (diffuse). We had so hoped the angiogram and...
by Dianne | Mar 27, 2012
Tyler’s back in his room following the angiogram. He remained stable throughout! They found no source of bleeding whatsoever, but since they knew the blood had to be coming from one of the vessels leading to his stomach, they went ahead and temporarily blocked...
by Dianne | Mar 27, 2012
If you can take a moment to pray right now, Tyler is at this moment undergoing a two to four hour angiogram under general anesthesia. Any procedure is risky for him; this one especially so. A lot happened last night. Tyler’s type of bleeding changed overnight to a...
