Two days ago I wrote that something just didn’t seem right with Ryan. I ended my post with “Let’s see what this day will bring”.
Well, it brought me rushing Ryan to the hospital, where he remains this morning… in the ICU. The short version of what he is enduring is about the most I have time to give this morning. But I want to bring you up-to-date because I know many are worrying about him.
He has a bacterial infection in his bloodstream. It seems — at least at this time — that it was caused by a kidney stone that was moving down his urinary tract. Fortunately, I knew something was going on even before this stone began blocking his urine flow. That actually happened yesterday at the hospital and they rushed him off to surgery to open the passageway. This was the first of at least two surgeries that are necessary.
Thank goodness I got ahead of this before becoming acute (and symptomatic, at that). He was in the hospital for a full day when it actually did. That bought enough time to figure out what was going on with him.
Sadly, the kidney stone that blocked his urine is not the largest one he has. Another is still up in his kidney right now, but harmless until it would start moving downstream. There are two additional ones too, but they are much smaller.
So, yesterday he had a stent placed to open the flow but the stone was not removed. It was simply pushed outside the stent. Ryan must recover from his infection before having this stone (and the stent removed). At that time, the surgeon will make an attempt to get the other stones removed.
We are hopeful that he will be transferred from the ICU today back to a typical hospital room. His labs from this morning, just in, are slightly improved. He is moving in the right direction! I would expect he will remain hospitalized for another 48 hours even in the best case scenario.
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Praying for him
praying for him hope he gets better soon ,I follow his progress every day so please keep posting we love Ryan soo sad this happened love him !!!!
Poor Ryan! Feel better!
Praying!!
Praying for you Ryan and family
Praying. ❤️
God is on your side
Prayers and thank god for parents intuition
Glad Ryan is in hospital and illness identified! Can’t imagine pain if kidney stone! Thanks so much for update! Love and prayers.
May the Lord provide a quick recovery from this for Ryan.
Prayers for all!
Thanks for the update, Ken – been thinking about you all a lot lately!!
You are The Dad!!! Praying for Ryan’s healing and peace for you and the family. God is in control!!
Prayers for him to get better soon!!
Thanks for the update. You and your family are always in my thoughts and prayers.
Ken, thank you so much for updating us. Yes, we are all worried and praying constantly; everyone is wanting to know how Ryan is doing and how you and Sue are doing. Many people are asking how they can help.
Thank God you recognized something was wrong and took action. It’s very hard to see something like this coming, but because you knew what to look for, you took all the right steps to help Ryan. You are amazing, period, and so is your family.
Sending my love, prayers for healing and comfort, and peace — we are here thinking about you all, supporting each other too because all of us care so much about your family, it hurts us when you all are hurting.
Prayers for strength, wisdom, healing, peace.
Hugs, Paula
You knew something was wrong. Hope everyone is back home soon. Maybe you can get some sleep while he is in good hands?
Prayers for your whole family. Your dedication to your son is inspiring. Stay strong.
Praying for healing.
Thank God. Hoping & praying that Ryan will recover and come home soon.
Praying he is better soon!
continued prayers for Ryan
love you all – praying too
Praying for Ryan and your family!
I prayed for him.
you are so in tune with him, you intuition will not fail you. sending hugs and prayers
Praying for all….
Thank you for the update! I hope everything goes well and Ryan gets better real soon. Love and prayers for you, Ryan, your wife and daughter. It makes me sick that your entire family, friends and especially Ryan has to go through all of this because a couple of punks. God Bless!
Prayers
OMG! I know you were so worried! I’m sorry Ryan was hurting! 🙁 Poor thing! Kidney stones are brutal! You’re a great Dad!
We all thank you, we go through our day, as you hang with every test and monitor, please know you all are in our prayers and thought continually
Your instincts to focus on keeping Ryan as well-hydrated as possible and to have all those blood tests run were perfect, Ken. Thank Godthat you, Sue and Dr. Rodriguez acted as quickly as you did for Ryan. We are praying that this infection clears quickly, that Ryan is no longer in pain and that he can come home to rest before his kidney surgery very soon. Love to all of you from the Hoops!
May God bless Ryan today with health, and your family with strength.
Your in my thoughts and prayers.
Glad to hear there is some improvement!
Praying for Ryan and all the Divineys…..
Praying for Ryan he can do this.
Praying for u buddy. I have had kidney stones and have had to have one surgically removed so I know what u are feeling. Get better soon and God bless you and your family.
sending prayers to Ryan and his family! may God bless you all for never giving up on your son, You are all an inspiration! God Bless!
Always. Forever. Until.
With love and in prayer,
Keri, MY C.F. FRANKIE and Family
Many prayers and love to all of the Divineys. I cannot help but still be so angry about the assault committed against him. Still brings me to tears!
Praying for Ryan and you whole Family. Stay strong, God is good. You all are an inspiration to all of us <3 <3 <3 <3
Praying for you & Ryan!!
Had the bacteremia progressed to sepsis? I assume he’s on IV meds. Is it responding? If he needs a long-term course of IV meds, they can easily be done at home with a PICC line. Holding you all in the light.
No sepsis, we caught this early. Yes, he is on IV meds for a (yet to be identified) gram negative bacteria.
God Bless…
How awful! I am so sorry! Sending lots of prayers…
Prayers for Ryan and family!
Praying for you all. So sorry to hear this but so glad you are so vigilant and proactive. Please keep us updated and really interested in what the gram negative bacteria is identified to be.
I HAVE CONTINUED MY PRAYERS! GOD BLESS!
I HAVE CONTINUED MY PRAYERS! GOD BLESS!
I HAVE CONTINUED MY PRAYERS! GOD BLESS!
You knew it, Ken… you got him the help he needed and he’ll recover from this. HUGS to all of you!
You are very perceptive and that’s a great thing. You got this caught before it became a huge problem for Ryan. That is awesome. Now, praying for successful treatment and recovery. You and Sue try to get some rest. You’ll need it for when Ryan comes home as you will have extra duties for his recovery I’m sure.
Thoughts and prayers with all of you.
Comforting prayers for Ryan and family
So sorry for what you all are going thru. Prayers to you all from Kansas.
Not to be insensitive, but may I ask why his eyes are like that? I understand everything is caused by his attack. Just trying to educate myself =)
Katherine, his eyes have been sewn partially shut to protect his corneas. (See Tarsorrhaphy) Ken has discussed this in blogs before but you might not have been following at that time.
Get well soon Ryan.
Prayers……thoughts and love, God bless. Annie
Prayers.
Praying!
Thank God it was caught in good time. Here’s hoping for healing from this point on. Hang in there Divineys!!
Praying for you guys. Hugs to Ryan.
Praying for a speedy recovery
Thinking of Ryan and all of you. Hugs and best wishes for a fast recovery.
So glad you were watching and knew something was not right. Keeping you all in my thoughts and prayers.
Sending Lots of Love and Prayers
Awesome DAD I’m sending love and prayers for Ryan and family
Prayers up for Ryan! Thanking God for your intuition, Ken! Kidney stones are SO VERY painful. Keeping him hydrated is key, which of course you are doing. As always, thinking of and praying for Ryan and the entire Diviney family. #DIVINEYSTRONG
Love to all
This breaks my heart. I hope he feels better soon and that you can get some rest while Ryan is recovering. Hoping and praying for a speedy recovery and back home to all of his and your comforts. Give him an extra couple of hugs!!
Thank you for updating us. God be with all of you in this difficult time. Ryan is blessed hat you know his body as well as your own. Always trust your instinct. If you think something isn’t quite right, it probably isn’t! God bless.
Great to hear that something was identified as the potential problem. Good job Ken being on top of everything. Prayers your way.
Awww…Get Well Soon Ryan!! Ken, I Really ThInk You Missed Your Calling. So Passionate And Smart….Ryan , And The Rest Of Your Family, And US Supporters, Are So Lucky To Have You. Even Sick In The Icu, Ryan Is So Handsome:) That Dark Hair And Scruffles On His Face…My Weakness. Prayers Going Up…Love You Buddy!!!
We are praying for you guys can’t even imagine all this pain but find comfort that he will heal!!!
Good news!! Praise the Lord, many prayers for you Ryan and your family. Hang in there Ryan I have had Kidney stones and they are no Fun !!, Leaving you with a hug tight tight. Take care Love ya’ll
Praying for sweet Ryan! He will pull through all of this!!! <3
Prayers for Ryan. Your family is so strong!
I’m glad they found out what was wrong with Ryan. Hopefully he will start feeling better soon. Thinking and praying for Ryan and your family.
Sending prayers
Prayers for Ryan
Ken ,
Thanks so much for update and that Ryan is doing a little better .All so worried
Get well soon Ryan<3 Always here
Praying for him and you as well. You are so strong for your brother. God bless you both!
Prayers
Strength, Prayers & Love from Ohio♥
Feel better ryan u and ur family is in ny prayers!! I pray he gets well soon,, 🙂 God bless him he is very strong!! He has made it this far! He can do it!! He has angels watching over him!! God has a plan for him!# only god knows what it is! Ur in my thoughts! And my heart. Stay strong and dont give up. U have alot of ppl that love u and r here for u!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Hope Ryan is going to be ok…he has been thru enough
holding Ryan in love….hoping he’ll be feeling better soon and home quickly
prayers
Praying for you all!
Praying for him. God bless your family.
Praying for him and your family….
Prayers for Ryan’s healing and for his family to cope with this set back.
Hope all is better soon. Hugs for all of you. Scary situation.
Sending prayers and positive energy and vibes to u and ur family. I have been following this story and he almost feels like family cause we all have gotten to know so much about ryan. God bless ur family. U r so strong for enduring all that u have been through. I pray for ryan everyday.
Stay strong!
Stay strong!
God Bless. Prayers are with him
God Bless. Prayers are with him
God Bless. Prayers are with him
Praying for you Ryan not a day goes by that I don’t say My Prayers for you. Hang in there
This just tears my heart out. God bless you Ryan and god bless your family. You are still in my prayers and always will be. Hope you’re better soon and can go home and continue to heal.
Thank God he is OK! and thank you for keeping us updated.
Praying
Hoping that Ryan heals fast.
Ken, maybe you can get some rest while Ryan is recovering from surgery and in the hospital. Sending good thoughts to the whole family.
Speedy recovery Ryan!! Kick some blood bacteria & kidney stone butt!
So glad you acted so quickly! Hopefully they can give him medication to keep him comfortable with the stones. Thinking of you all, and praying he is healthy enough to get out of the ICU tonight.
Hoping Ryan heals quickly! Hang in there…
Praying for immediate healing!
Hoping Ryan is doing better .Thank God for you and knowing something wasn’t right .Thoughts and prayers
Something horrible is going on in the universe. I am thinking about you and sending all the good vibes we can!
Prayers for all of you.
Hello I was asked to come and like this page and to send prayers for your son and that is exactly what I am going to do after hearing all about him 🙂 I will keep your son and the family in my prayers here in Nova Scotia and will keep a check on this page to see how he is doing and how the family is,,, You all are in my thoughts and prayers,if there is anything I can do please let me know I may be many miles away but prayers and blessings travel far 🙂
So sorry Ryan!!!!!! You don’t deserved this. Im praying that you heal quickly and that your family has the strength to get through this set back.
Ryan, i’m sending my prayers that you may be well soon and that your family has the strength to deal with this set back. My Ryan (25) was in a coma for 8 mths and had similar setbacks. I feel your pain.
Sending lots of prayers for a quick recovery…always thinking of u Ryan and ur family
I have had this on my mind all day!Lifting up prayers for your family! I hope Ryan feels better soon!
Awwwe, our hearts are heavy for Ryan now. Praying for the infection to heal soon❤️
Rally for Ryan! xoxo
Just checking in to see if Ryan is OK. Please keep us informed. Our thoughts and prayers are with Ryan and you.
Prayers to Ryan and his family
Hugs & prayers!
Continue to keep Ryan and your family in our thoughts and prayers. Thank God you are such a vigilant father.
Prayers ..
I don’t believe in God, so instead of prayers I am sending you positive thoughts and energy and warm hugs. You ROCK, Divineys!!!!
Praying for comfort, strength, peace and healing for Ryan and your family. Team Diviney is standing strong for Ryan!! We are here, and we are definitely not going anywhere!!
Hugs & Love, Paula
Continuing to think of all of you and hold you up in love.
How’s Ryan doing ????
Diligently praying for all of you… Concerned to have not seen an update, but also know that this is the last thing you have to worry about. Will be checking often, abd thinking of you all!
We are all feeling so helpless during this crisis. Words expressing our deep felt hurt for Ryan, Ken, Sue & Kari just don’t seem to be enough, at least for me. I asked twenty friends today to sign the PETITION. I would like to ask EVERYONE to contact TWENTY friends and ask them to sign the PETITION. Let’s do this for Ryan!