Rollercoasters

There is a reason why I hate rollercoasters.They make you sick to your stomach.Broc had another CBC done today and yet another blood culture. His Immuno Dr was concerned that he may be having a reaction to the mesh but the surgeon said otherwise.As long as he has been doing these vascular surgeries since 1995 they have never had anyone react to the mesh, but I guess there can always be a first time.

So we were instructed to have another CBC done today.His eosinaphil count was up to 31.4% today.It was 27.9% on Friday evening.Last night everyone was concerned about the mesh and saying possibly that he may need surgery again and now the Immuno Dr feels that his fever and eos.levels have nothing to do with surgery and that maybe with Brocs immune system being low from surgery he has caught another virus that is causing havock with his levels. So once again we are on the virus train again.

If Broc still has a fever tom the Immuno Dr will put him on a course of steroids to see if it helps.He will also call the surgeon on Thursday to discuss if anymore needs to be done. So from having possible surgery again to now him having a virus.OH MY ..... what a ride it has been for us. Now we are in wait and watch mode. Wait to see if he developes any other symptoms or if his fever goes any higher.

Two of his stitches are sore to the touch so we are keeping a close eye on those too. Everyone is on high alert for Broc developing an infection somewhere. With it being a holiday tom all the Drs are away.So all we have left is the ER. We are going to try our hardest to avoid it at all costs.

We were really hoping to have a break from lab draws, Dr visits and hospitals after his surgery but I guess with Broc you never can tell.

Finally no C-Diff - but theres more....

Sorry I didn't get to update things have been crazy.So last Monday his throat culture came back negative again.The Drs are really confused about all of this.Fortunately his C-Diff came back negative but the poor guy is still having lasting effects from it.He gets tummy pain everytime he eats something and feels sick to his stomach a lot.His ped said that that could last a few months still until his gut gets back to normal.We have him on pro-biotics to help restore all teh good bacteria into his gut.

Since last Monday he developed a rash and another viral infection with a nasty cough. They tested him again yesterday for strep and he tested postive in the office so they sent away yet another culture.His ped thinks that since he never had any symptoms of strep i.e. no sore or red throat then he thinks that he is now a carrier.He is not contagious unless he is showing symptoms.So thankfully no antibiotics this time until the throat culture comes back.

Despite not feeling good and not eating well he is still gaining weight.Our Buddy is now 49lbs.He is so heavy to carry I am not sure what I am going to do when he has his leg surgery in June.We have a small wagon in the house so I think I will be pulling him in the wagon at home.Not sure what we will do if we go out.Haven't thought that far yet.

Mark thinks I should start lifting weights to carry Broc so he has set up his weight bench in the basement for me.I am not too sure about that???

Little Mark is doing so well in school.He picked up a book at home the other day and started reading.I got tears in my eyes listening to him sound out the words and read them.My baby is really growing up fast.His teacher said that he has moved up in the reading group too.We are so proud of him.We were doing Bible reading last night and he asked his dad if he could read a scripture.It took about 5 mins to read one verse but it was so sweet to hear.