Back at Children's Hospital again :/ Monday we went to see Dr Douglas (Jack's surgeon) for his routine check up. On Sunday Jack had started running a little fever and wasn't eating too good. Dr Douglas was very happy with how his incision was looking and everything else but was a little concerned about the fever. Just to be on the safe side he wanted Jack to have labs drawn, in case something developes at least we would have a baseline. That afternoon we went to see Dr Binder (Jack's pediatrician). He discovered Jack had a throat infection. He speculated it would be viral but sent a culture anyways. He said to expect him to have a little fever while this all clears and we will see what his lab results look like. Well shortly after we were home Beth, Dr Douglas' nurse, called and said that his lab results were abnormal, showing possible infection and we needed to admit him. Uhhhh... It was quite disappointing news, but we don't want to take any chances of there being infection in his heart.
It was such smooth sailing out of here after surgery. I guess Jack really liked it here. Funny thing is he was admitted back to the same room he left from. Not much happened Monday night, besides the miserable attempts to get his IV started. Unsuccessful attempts, so he had to have a shot of antibiotics. Needless to say, Jack was not very happy that night. Poor baby. The next morning, they finally were able to get an IV in, in his scalp. I know it sounds horrilble but at least he can use his arms and legs to the fullest. He hasn't even bothered with it actually. They ran a series of test trying to pin down the point of infection. None of the tests could show any infection in his heart. THANK GOD! An ENT came to see him due to the exudate in his throat. ENT diagnosed him with tonsillitis. Praise God for tonsillitis! I know most people wouldn't say that but I am so grateful that is all it is and not any heart infection. The doctors were still a little concerned though for the fact that it is very rare for an 8 month old to have tonsillitis, and being 12 days post op, they wanted to be very sure that there is no other source of infection. The Infectious Disease team was consulted to make sure there wasn't anything else being missed. They agreed with tonsillitis, but asked the question, why? it is so rare? To play it safe the decided to keep him on the IV antibiotics for a couple days.
Thursday morning they drew labs again. His numbers were much improved. The antibiotics have been working. He has been without fever for 48 hours now, is eating better and acting more like himself. We just have to wait 24 hours for the culture drawn this morning to be read before he can be discharged. We should be going home tomorrow. Thank the Lord. Can not wait to sleep in my own bed again, and eat good. I am so sick of hospital food.
Praying now that there will be no more hiccups and Jack will be back on his speedy recovery track.
