Thursday was a somewhat better day. Blake was more stable than he had been, so the decision was made to transport to Baylor Dallas. We spent a lot of time with Blake that day. I remember telling him to hold on because we were going home. The doctors made plans for a jet to transport Blake on Friday. Well, Friday came and it was raining. So the decision was made to wait until Saturday. Blake’s oncologist/hematologist came to talk with us about Blake’s blood disorder. She informed us that his tests were inconclusive because of the drugs in his system when the blood was drawn. They still didn’t know what was going on with that sweet boy of mine. How could this be? Why could they not figure it out?
Friday night was slowly approaching…I hated the nights because if Blake was going to have a hard time it was always when the sun went down. About 2:00 am Saturday morning the nurse came in and told us that Blake had started bleeding or you might say hemorrhaging. Also, he had developed Compartment Syndrome which is swelling in the muscles. It happens a lot to athletes. When this is diagnosed, the procedure they do is open the skin to help with the swelling. But, if they did that he couldn’t be transported. His blood was so thin they knew the bleeding would be too severe. So the decision was made to wait until Blake would got to Baylor Dallas to do the surgery. The bleeding finally stopped and the Flight team came in to get Blake. Randy was able to fly to Dallas with him. The paramedic team was awesome. Those men were so kind. Blake’s flight took off at 2:20 pm. I was so thankful that Randy was allowed to go with him. I remember us packing up all our stuff in the CCU waiting and heading to Dallas. It seemed like it took us forever. Randy called me at 3:00 pm and they had landed in Dallas and Blake survived the flight. Blake’s ambulance was meet by so many of our friends in Dallas. I was so thankful Randy would have people to lean on.
The doctors accessed Blake and quickly took him into surgery to release the pressure in his legs. When I got to the waiting room at Baylor, I was shocked at how many people were there. There was so much love in that room….