Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Tuesday Morning, November 13th - Hospital visit

It has been a couple weeks since I last posted.  It has been a busy couple of weeks.  Last weekend Jess and I were both sick.  I ended up with a high fever and was in bed most of the weekend.

Halloween was fun.  It was exciting to watch Gus learn how to trick-or-treat.  I will post pictures later.

We are back in the hospital over this past weekend.  At church, Sarah started complaining about her ear, and the pain was just getting stronger.  We left early and Jess took Sarah into the ER.  They thought it was just an ear infection and started her on an antibiotic.  Later that evening, her fever spiked and we went back to the ER.  Her port wasn't giving so she had to get some blood cultures from a poke in her arm, as they waited for TPA to work on her port.  She got a dose of IV antibiotics and we were sent home.

While at work, I got a call from Jess, who had just gotten a call from the Hospital.  Sarah's culture were positive for a bacteria.  We have now found out that it is strep strain, but don't know what medicines will be the most effective.  We will be here through Thursday at least.  She needs 3 negative cultures and no fevers for 24 hours before she can be released.

This trip has reminded me that we aren't out of the woods yet.  Sarah's maintenance, while easier, is still a chemo treatment and we will still need to be watching out for her.  

Thanks for all the love and support.

1 comment:

  1. you guys are in our thoughts and prayers! Your family is amazing.
    I'm excited to see Halloween pictures of your cute kids!

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