Caden is being admitted to MUSC after the ER visit mentioned in the previous post. The fever he had when Sherry left for the hospital earlier today took four hours to break. Sherry and the ER doctor hit it off really well. The doctor was very straight forward and transparent about his line of thinking in coming to his decision to admit Caden. This is the kind of doctor we like.
There was no sign of pneumonia after a chest xray and examination of Caden. They have taken blood for cultures and other blood work. The initial CBC showed a slightly elevated white blood cell count. They are looking at just about everything right now because a severe infect could jeopardize the heart surgery date. I asked if they considered the little cyst (spot with pus) next the the g-tube site. They have considered that and may press to have that site explored by pediatric surgery if they cannot find anything else. They will start by trying to look at that spot on his tummy with an ultrasound. The doctors are also talking about getting the National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID now part of CDC) involved. Given the regiment of antibiotics Caden has been on for the past 30 plus days, there should not be any infection in Caden’s body.
To complicate things, I am home with a vehicle that I do not have keys to. We only have one set of van keys due to my loosing a set back during our memorial day trip to Atlanta. Sherry took my car to the hospital and forgot to leave the van keys. This weekend is shaping up to be a handful.
Please keep Caden and our family in your prayers.
Thanks,
Hank O