Keegan is the owner of a shiny, new central IV line. This is his sixth one in five years (excluding PICCs and other more temporary central access during ICU stays). Three have now been lost to infections, one was removed for non-use (thinking he was...
We're sitting here waiting on Keegan to be taken to the OR for his new line. Guess it won't be a 9am line placement after all. Ahh, hospital time. Gotta love it.Gray and I have been laughing about some of the funny things Audrey has...
After one of the warmest falls and winters in recent years, a cold front swept through the metroplex yesterday, giving us another rare white Christmas in Dallas. I wish we could have seen it first-hand. I took Keegan downstairs to watch through the window, but...
It was a fairly quiet Christmas Eve here in the hospital. I suppose when it comes to Keegan, quiet is a good thing. We learned that the pseudomonas was susceptible to the IV antibiotic we had been using. However, Keegan's white count and ANC have...
That's what it is. We don't know yet what the drug susceptibility is of this strain. We are hopeful the IV antibiotic we have been using will be the right one in the end, as the fever seems to have broken. We should know for...
It was a terribly long night for our Bug. Temps over 105 multiple times overnight. IV tylenol (our old friend from last year) would not touch it, so we had to bring in a cooling blanket. He was shaking and throwing up from fever most...
Pardon my language, but this is just crap. And a whole lot of other words that I can't write on this blog.Keegan was admitted to the hospital last night after spiking a high fever. Initial labs didn't look too scary, but we started the blood...
Gray spiked a fever this morning, went to the doctor, and also tested positive for strep. Now he's on antibiotics too.Audrey's temperature broke during her afternoon nap, and she should be past the contagious period now after 48 hours on antibiotics.I'm still hanging tight. A...
What did I say about jinxing it? Will I ever learn?Keegan and Audrey have strep throat. Audrey actually spiked her temp first, although Keegan had been "simmering" all day. We took her to the after-hours pediatrician last night to be tested for flu because in...