I'm really pleased to hear that, Bob. What a cute kid.
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Aw, he's adorable in the pictures!
I know what they are all going through, believe me.
Hope it all turns out well like ours did.
Fingers crossed for the little guy.
Keep us posted Bob
Hope it all turns out well like ours did.
Fingers crossed for the little guy.
Keep us posted Bob
This article was printed in a local paper at the end of December:
INDIANAPOLIS — Carrie Griffith, mother of Elijah Griffith, who recently endured a multi-visceral transplant (liver, stomach, pancreas and intestine) at Riley Children’s Hospital, Indianapolis, said her two-year-old son is doing okay right now. Travis and Carrie Griffith, formerly of Martinsville, have moved to Worthington, and Carrie has been staying with Elijah almost around the clock. The young couple has another son, Jacob, 11 months.
Elijah was born prematurely and doctors told the parents in September that unless he received a multi-organ transplant, he probably wouldn’t survive six months because of a failing liver and colon. His mother described him as a happy and active child despite the tubes attached to his body. The 12-hour surgery was performed in late November after the organs became available. The toddler will remain in ICU at Riley for the next few weeks.
“We had a scare a couple of days ago,” Carrie Griffith said. “Elijah’s stomach got distended on Sunday, Dec. 12, and doctors did an X-ray, which showed that a couple of loops of his bowel were inflamed. They went in Sunday afternoon and did an exploratory surgery and found the outer layer of his intestinal walls in some places had “adhesed” together. They said that happens sometimes after organ transplants.
Griffith said her son’s bowel had become kinked, and surgeons snipped the pieces apart and sewed Elijah back up. They had to cut the surgery short because his blood pressure was getting too low. “They took him back up to ICU, but he wouldn’t stop bleeding. They had to do an emergency surgery because Elijah’s stomach cavity was swollen and full of blood,” Griffith said.
“They got him cleaned out and put 100 more stitches in and he was fine. He lost two liters of blood while all this occurred and he almost died. I don’t even think the doctors thought Elijah was going to make it. I sure didn’t,” Griffith commented. “I thought I had lost my little boy. He is so strong, though, that he pulled through and is still on the ventilator.”
Griffith said Elijah went back to the operating room again this week. Surgeons didn’t close the muscle layer when they took him to surgery last time, and they want to check on his intestine. Elijah is also experiencing some rejection. “I don’t think it’s severe, and the doctors don’t seemed worried, anyway,” Griffith said.
She noted that Elijah’s medical team would do a scope this week, and if he still showed signs of rejection on the biopsy, they would put the child on another immunosuppressant (drug to suppress the immune system). “Hopefully, that will take care of the problem,” Griffith added.
INDIANAPOLIS — Carrie Griffith, mother of Elijah Griffith, who recently endured a multi-visceral transplant (liver, stomach, pancreas and intestine) at Riley Children’s Hospital, Indianapolis, said her two-year-old son is doing okay right now. Travis and Carrie Griffith, formerly of Martinsville, have moved to Worthington, and Carrie has been staying with Elijah almost around the clock. The young couple has another son, Jacob, 11 months.
Elijah was born prematurely and doctors told the parents in September that unless he received a multi-organ transplant, he probably wouldn’t survive six months because of a failing liver and colon. His mother described him as a happy and active child despite the tubes attached to his body. The 12-hour surgery was performed in late November after the organs became available. The toddler will remain in ICU at Riley for the next few weeks.
“We had a scare a couple of days ago,” Carrie Griffith said. “Elijah’s stomach got distended on Sunday, Dec. 12, and doctors did an X-ray, which showed that a couple of loops of his bowel were inflamed. They went in Sunday afternoon and did an exploratory surgery and found the outer layer of his intestinal walls in some places had “adhesed” together. They said that happens sometimes after organ transplants.
Griffith said her son’s bowel had become kinked, and surgeons snipped the pieces apart and sewed Elijah back up. They had to cut the surgery short because his blood pressure was getting too low. “They took him back up to ICU, but he wouldn’t stop bleeding. They had to do an emergency surgery because Elijah’s stomach cavity was swollen and full of blood,” Griffith said.
“They got him cleaned out and put 100 more stitches in and he was fine. He lost two liters of blood while all this occurred and he almost died. I don’t even think the doctors thought Elijah was going to make it. I sure didn’t,” Griffith commented. “I thought I had lost my little boy. He is so strong, though, that he pulled through and is still on the ventilator.”
Griffith said Elijah went back to the operating room again this week. Surgeons didn’t close the muscle layer when they took him to surgery last time, and they want to check on his intestine. Elijah is also experiencing some rejection. “I don’t think it’s severe, and the doctors don’t seemed worried, anyway,” Griffith said.
She noted that Elijah’s medical team would do a scope this week, and if he still showed signs of rejection on the biopsy, they would put the child on another immunosuppressant (drug to suppress the immune system). “Hopefully, that will take care of the problem,” Griffith added.
Thank God,praying he'd be alright and family to be strong.
Great news! Very Best wishes to all of them :)
Fingers crossed for Elijah