This is my little cousin, Ben (we call him Spike). He is 5. We all adore this little guy, he's just so irresistible! Looking at his face gives you a hint.
Anyway, he has been in the hospital for a week. He got that stomach virus that has been going around, and his immune system is not very strong, so it really took its toll on him...he'd had the virus for 6 days already, having high fevers during the day and at night staying up all night with terrible pains in his body, and he was throwing up. At one point he told his mom, "I'm gonna die."
His parents realized that he wasn't getting better (his older brothers only had it for one day), so they took him to the ER and he has been staying in the hospital for a week now.
He no longer has the virus, but he is still having pains, and won't eat. The doctors can't figure out what's wrong with him...he's lost almost ten pounds during all this. They checked to see if his appendix was threatening to rupture, but that's not it, and they've done other testing, but they can't find what's wrong. The only thing they can say is that it might be blockage.
Tonight he is at the Childrens Center. His mom has been alone all week, so we are going to go see her and Ben tomorrow.
Please pray that nothing worse happens to him. With things like this, it could get very bad, very fast. I'll be updating soon.
Thanks everybody!
I'm praying!!! That's scary for everyone, I'm sure.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Ruthiey! Yes, it is very scary..we think he's going to be ok, the doctor at Childrens Center said that he might get to go home today..but he'll have to stay with someone in the family, because his parents are living in a really tight space right now, and he's too weak.
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