Christmas tree in the main lobby
A few changes for the better yesterday - Brett's fever is down to 99! Also, now that the fever is down, he can breathe much easier. He's in good spirits and more interested in play. Vancomycin is the drug he needs for this - it's also the drug that he had the adverse reaction to last year, called Red Man Syndrome. Since we know that, they just give him Benadryl before the infusion and run the infusion over a longer period of time. He still gets red sometimes, though, and that happened today.
Brett with mild Red Man Syndrome- notice the red top half of face and white bottom half. The Benadryl keeps this from getting all over his body and itching like crazy.
Brett's second set of blood cultures came back positive again. Has to be negative before he can go home. So we try again today and hopefully it will come back positive on Wednesday.
Rob's holding down the fort at home - went to urgent care yesterday because he was sick. He's taking care of Mark and Gantt by himself this weekend while very sick himself. What a Superdad! I am so thankful for him and the way he loves his boys. I admire him for doing whatever it takes to take care of his family when it's hard without complaint.
Praying those cultures come back negative so you can all be home for Christmas! So sorry to hear Rob is sick too...hopefully everyone will be feeling better when Brett comes home=less germs to share!
ReplyDeleteWow Jennifer, my heart goes out to your whole family. Praying the culture is negative tomorrow so you can all be home this Christmas week! Asking for healing for Rob too! A trying weekend for sure, but somehow you all made it through..."when I am weak, You are strong."
ReplyDeleteI'm praying for a negative as well!!!
ReplyDeleteThere's no doubt in my mind that God has some major Blessings in store for your loyalty to Him and your family!!!!
Thanks for the update.
Yes, praying for all of you! Hope you can all be back together for Christmas!!!
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