Hi everyone,
I was just able to snag a laptop from the activity lady. Everything was shut down for the long weekend.
OK...
Josh was admitted to Children's on Saturday. Being the long holiday weekend(two holidays), all of the computer areas were closed. Talk about being out of touch!!! here's an update...
Josh is a bit of a mystery. He feels yucky and is still having fevers although not as high as before. His x-ray showed no pneumonia but some atelactasis (sp). They will do a CT scan today for further inspection. And they may do a bronch if necessary later in the week. His sputum showed a fungus, probably the cause of the fevers. His blood showed low hematacrit (25) which was very perplexing. He has no active bleeding and they are guessing it it due to multiple infections.
They are checking with infectious disease today and waiting for the culture of the fungus, so they can start an antifungal med. He is on vancomycin and merapenum IV. He's pretty worn out from all of this. He also got "red man's syndrome" from the first dose of Vanco (which he's been on before with no problem), so he getting benadryl IV before each dose. Because of that he's been extra sleepy.
AND to top it all off, Jesse is suppose to come in next week for a routine clean-out. Because Josh will be here for a while, they want Jesse to come now. Its actually easier on us for scheduling purposes if they are together. Poor Jess, tomorrow is his birthday. Hopefully they can wait to bring him in until Thursday. Josh's birthday is next week.
That about it for now.
I'll let you know.
Jane
I was just able to snag a laptop from the activity lady. Everything was shut down for the long weekend.
OK...
Josh was admitted to Children's on Saturday. Being the long holiday weekend(two holidays), all of the computer areas were closed. Talk about being out of touch!!! here's an update...
Josh is a bit of a mystery. He feels yucky and is still having fevers although not as high as before. His x-ray showed no pneumonia but some atelactasis (sp). They will do a CT scan today for further inspection. And they may do a bronch if necessary later in the week. His sputum showed a fungus, probably the cause of the fevers. His blood showed low hematacrit (25) which was very perplexing. He has no active bleeding and they are guessing it it due to multiple infections.
They are checking with infectious disease today and waiting for the culture of the fungus, so they can start an antifungal med. He is on vancomycin and merapenum IV. He's pretty worn out from all of this. He also got "red man's syndrome" from the first dose of Vanco (which he's been on before with no problem), so he getting benadryl IV before each dose. Because of that he's been extra sleepy.
AND to top it all off, Jesse is suppose to come in next week for a routine clean-out. Because Josh will be here for a while, they want Jesse to come now. Its actually easier on us for scheduling purposes if they are together. Poor Jess, tomorrow is his birthday. Hopefully they can wait to bring him in until Thursday. Josh's birthday is next week.
That about it for now.
I'll let you know.
Jane