Thursday, April 20, 2017

Today is Landon's Birthday - Repost of First Blog Entry


Today is Landon’s 8th Birthday. On this day, in 2009, the day began full of joy and laughter with Landon’s arrival. Within hours we began an emotional journey. A journey that changed our lives. A journey that continues today. Many of our friends and family have been with us on this journey. Yet, many others don’t know what happened to Landon and why his life is so amazing. This morning I am going to repost the first blog entry made just after Landon’s birth, in 2009. This is not an attempt to draw you back into that emotional time. It is an effort to show what God has done in Landon’s life and what a miracle Landon’s life is. This evening I will post pictures from Landon’s birthday party. Here goes:

Thursday, April 23, 2009

I thought I should update everyone on the situation with our new grandson, Landon Allen Joines. Jeremiah's son.

Landon was born early Monday morning, April 20th, 2009. At first everything looked fine. Within a couple hours his abdomen began to swell. A decision was made to send him to Brenner's Children hospital in Winston. The initial diagnosis, in Winston, was that he was bleeding from his liver possibly due to an injury at birth. Several test were done and no blood was found in the abdomen. Tuesday morning they began to suspect the colon. An upper GI was performed and a blockage was detected. They took him to surgery and discovered that his small intestine had twisted and the blood supply was cut off to the intestine. We were told that they would leave the intestine intact and look at it again Wednesday to determine if any blood supply was returning. We were also told that he probably would not survive. On Wednesday they took another look and it was not good. We were told that we should let him go. In the meantime were contacted by a family that has gone through the same situation. Their son received a colon (small intestine) transplant at Georgetown University and is now six years old. We have been in contact with doctors in Boston that have urged us to pursue a transplant. We are also making contact with the doctors at Georgetown. We have instructed the surgeons here to do the surgery today that will prepare him to survive until a transplant can be done. We are expecting the surgery to begin at any moment. After that we will be watching for any infections or complications. The next week will be critical. We have been told that he has a 50/50 chance of surviving this surgery

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