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Welcome to Sam's New Web Site! We will continue to add more news and neat stuff, but in the meantime there's lots to check out--including recent photos of Sam, the full archive of journal entries dating back to 2000 when the site originally launched, and links to resources for families with special-needs children. You can also send a message using the contact page, submit comments on your favorite entries, and join the e-mail list to be notified of special Sam news!
Thursday, November 18, 2004
Sam's Pneumonia Better, Pray for Procedures
Sam is still in PICU. His lungs are much clearer than when we arrived on November 9th. From a respiratory point of view, we are getting very close to being able to go home. We hope to be home by the end of the weekend.
On Thursday, November 18th, Sam will have an EMG to test for certain muscle disorders and an MRI to observe any changes from previous MRIs. On Friday, he’ll go into the operating room and have a muscle biopsy to check for muscle disorders/diseases. Please pray for:
- no complications during the tests
- for a clear outcome from the tests
- a new plan of treatment for Sam if a new diagnosis is found.
Just FYI: In the last few months, several of Sam’s doctors have voiced concern that his brain damage doesn’t provide all the answers to why Sam continues to get weaker every year. There are several tests that are available now that were not done when Sam was a baby in our search for a diagnosis. So, we are pursuing these things now to find any missing clues to Sam’s health and hopefully to be able to gain information that will help Sam. Since he’s in the hospital right now, it is easy to conduct these tests - though unrelated to his treatment for pneumonia. Please pray for God’s hand in these tests and for the outcome of the tests to be good news!
Thank you for your love and prayers - The Bellers
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