Hospitalization #11 - Day 5

Results are in : the blood cultures taken yesterday morning, 24 hours ago, have not yet grown any live bacteria!!! We might be getting the infection under control. This means no surgery this week!

Visit from Jason Michael Carroll

Brett's surgeon is very adamant about trying to treat through this line, because he says Brett's body is getting harder and harder to get central lines into - he's put 5 central lines in Brett, so he should know.We need IV access, so they are going to do all they to keep the port Brett has now. We are super grateful that Brett will not have to be put through that surgery right now and have to have a peripheral IV. After we stop the antibiotics, there is a chance that the bacteria will start growing again, and we will have to revisit this issue. But that will at least be a few weeks away, and a lot can change in that time.

Today we had a special visitor from an up-and-coming country artist, Jason Michael Carroll. He lives in Wake Forest also and he does a lot with NC Children's Hospital. He came by today to see Brett and give him a cute little frog that dances to Christmas music.