Upside Down Inside Out

For the past 25 hours life has been upside down inside out as we’ve had our son in an emergent state at Wake Med PICU. 25 hours ago I found him in his kid cave lethargic and unresponsive looking like he had a seizure. I called 911 immediately then called Scot because he was out in our big building working out back. Once to the hospital God brought the right doctors to handle T’s case. They went to work quick and fast while mom was a total basket case watching helplessly as her son was being worked on. 

Now I’m going to back peddle to give you details leading up to finding T in the state we did. T has been working out like crazy getting ready for an upcoming tournament. He was eating healthy and drinking tons of water. Water being the key word here. Well he began having a headache and feeling nauseous. We figured it was just how crazy intensively he’d been training. Didn’t think anything of it and thought it would pass. He began throwing up profusely. We were incredibly puzzled and thinking this would just pass. 

Now fast forward to where we are now. He’s in the PICU at Wake Med recovering from what they say was a dangerously low sodium level in his body. When they tested his sodium level upon arrival he was at 121. The normal is between 135-145. This caused his headaches and vomiting and subsequently the seizure he had at home. 

Where has he come from and where is he now in the healing process?  At 7pm yesterday the incident occurred. From that point until 25 hours later he has been incredibly lethargic and combative. His mental status has been extremely altered. He’s had so many tests I couldn’t repeat them all even if I wanted to. He’s had an EEG that showed his brain was slow and a little bit swollen. This was all supporting the sodium issues he was having. They did an MRI and that came back good. He’s been heavily sedated to help with how combative he’s been and to help him rest more easily. At 8pm tonight T woke up. Still very lethargic but he knew who I was and was able to tell me who he was. He even was like, “why you asking me what my name is?”  That’s the kind of response I’d expect from my son…LOL!  Scot and I helped him pee in a urinal and then proceeded to help the nurses change him and his bedding. And as soon as we got all that done he went right back asleep. 

We just found out that He’s now at a sodium level of 139. He’s done the last 8 points of the sodium level on his own without them having to give him a sodium supplement through IV. Praise the Lord! Thank you 🙏 Jesus!!! 

He’s still sedated and they are taking him out of sedation extremely slowly so we have less combative issues from him. We are just so thankful for the progress he has made in the past almost 27 hours now. 

Our prayer is that any swelling on his brain subsides completely. We are praying he is less and less combative and more cooperative with us and the medical staff moving forward and that he improves by leaps and bounds through the night. 

Keep praying prayer Warriors!  Your prayers are working and we are so relieved to see good progress even though it’s small. I’ll take any step forward we can get right now. 

This was in the ER. 

After getting him in a PICU room. He has a EEG cap on his head here. 

This is how lethargic he was. 

This is T resting easy just after doing what you’ll see in the next picture. 

So very thankful beyond belief for everyone who’s been praying and who has called and texted even if I haven’t been able to respond to everyone. 

Thank you Jesus for your great love for us and how you take such great care of us!!!