Bryce

D., I just wanted to thank you for asking about Bryce because I too have been wondering but didn't want to ask. And Glenda, thank you for taking the time to write with an update. I - and many others, I'm sure - will continue to keep your whole family in our prayers. Good luck, and God bless.

Last I heard, he was doing great. Children's hospital released him and he is living in a Children's halfway home close to the hospital. They are hoping he will be home for Christmas. He is machine/tube free now. They are still trying to regulate his body chemistry. Slowly introducing him to foods again. He is going through some major rehab which he hates. He is not walking but it should come in time. He still is going to have to go through skin grafting surgeries. Excellent considering when Glenda wrote for the first time everyone was preparing for the worst. I am so happy for that family!

Hi D.,
Guess who I am?? Bryce's mommy :-) What a funny surprise to see him as a question this morning!

To answer your question, it has been three very long months but we are praying that Bryce will be finally home on December 22nd. He has had a very difficult journey with his illness but he is doing pretty well. He spent 12 weeks at Childrens in Dallas and is now in inpatient rehab at Our Childrens House at Baylor in Dallas. So much has happened to our little boy that it would take all day long to sum it up here but I'll try to give you the quickie version. As you remember he went in to Children's in septic shock with MRSA. He spent 38 days in ICU, 21 of those on a ventilator and sedated. He was in renal failure as well as experiencing significant liver damage. He did 24 hour dialysis for three weeks and had 11 plasma exchange treatments that the doctors feel saved his life. We did come so close to losing him on Sept. 9th and 10th, the doctors called my husband and I into the consultation room to tell us on the 9th that he would be gone within an hour, that we needed to get our other two kids to the hospital quickly so we could all say goodbye together. Thank God, he did not die. So here we are today...I describe it like this...a major category five hurricane blew through my child's body and now it's gone but it has left behind some major damage. Bryce can no longer walk, he's just learning to sit up on his own again. He had massive skin damage from the sepsis on his right arm and hand and just last Thursday had to have a very large skin graft done. He lost his right thumb from the drug epinephrine that kept him alive those first ten days. He's got other significant scars on his body that are healing as well. But, we feel so blessed. For whatever reason, God has chosen to give our son more time...he's perfectely in tact neurologically which is a miracle considering the infection attacked every square inch of his body except his brain. He's still got what will probably be many months of rehabilitation ahead of him but he should completely recover - praise God. His doctors made it very clear to us when we were at Childrens that he is a miracle child. They had seen this a few times over the years but never had the child been as close to death as Bryce was and survived. We are so thankful this Christmas because we came so close to celebrating it without one of our kids. I've learned to never take for granted a healthy child, when it's taken away, it is devastating to your entire life. But again, God has sustained us and brought so many people in our lives to help us in so many ways while we have had to stay with Bryce. Thanks for asking about him, I wish I could attatch a pic so you could see what a fighter he is!
Glenda Wilson

I am so glad that Bryce is doing well. I too have a "miracle person" in my life and was going through many things at the same time you were/are. May we all have a very happy and joyful holiday season this year. Think of all we have and be thankful. The other S.

I am so glad you posted this and that Glenda responded. My family has been praying for him and his family each and every night. I was afraid to ask anyone in case the worst had happened. Praise God he is a fighter!!!!

Glenda,

I had sent you a message asking if you had a blog that we could follow, do you have one? I hadn't heard an update in so long, but I was still praying for Bryce and your family. If you have a blog somewhere, I'd love to be able to follow his recovery and see his picture.

God bless you and your family.

C.

Oh PRAISE GOD! Thank goodness he is doing better! I am so glad you asked about him! I wondered about him!