November 16

From Dan:

Hi everybody.  Saturday was an extremely hard day for the Bumford family. I would have liked to share this story then but it all came at us at high speeds with very little time to think let alone write.

Amy and I got a phone call from Izzy's nurse around 10:30 in the morning. Her nurse said that they were worried that Izzy's bowel had a puncture from her recently placed feeding tube. They sent her down for a test to see if their worries were correct. Before they could conduct the test, Izzy's blood pressure dropped like a rock (a normal symptom for somebody with sepsis or infection). They rushed her back to her room and worked frantically to get her blood pressure stabilized. With a lot of meds they were able to do so. They then spent some time trying to figure out what to do next. They completed the test to see if her bowel was punctured and it was. The contents of her bowels had leaked out into her abdominal cavity.

Shortly after everything was stabilized they had Izzy set to head down for emergency repair of her bowel. When she went down we weren't sure that we'd ever see her again. It was a long 4 hours of waiting. Thankfully our parents and friends were able to be there with us. The repair went very well and Izzy has been stable ever since. The docs have been able to take her off of all blood pressure meds (woo hoo!) but have had to increase her pain and sedation meds while she recovers from another painful surgery.

We are so proud of the strength and fight that our sweet girl continues to show us. Despite all of our struggles we continue to praise God for the miraculous things that he is doing in and through Izzy. And we continue to thank Him for surrounding us with great friends and family that continue to hold us up through these trying times.