We are spending New Year's Eve at TCH! WooHOO! Jake is thrilled as you can imagine-but we cannot go home with the fever. He doesn't have any during the day now, but it does happen every night. It's still low-grade, so that's an improvement, but nonetheless still comes back. Today we found out a little more. It seems that it is definitely NOT post-peri-cardiotomy syndrome (fluid around the heart after surgery). This is the good news. The Dr.'s believe that it is most likely something they've seen on catscan-inflammation around the top of the sternum. It seems to be a very tender spot and on the catscan looks like it's under the sternum area. There is no infection in the blood, but there is some infection somewhere. The blood cultures only show inflammation, and these markers seem to be slowly going down everyday. Hopefully this means it is responding to the antibiotics. They changed one of the antibiotics today. It is alot stronger. Every night when we go to bed, I pray this will be the last night of fever-maybe tonight is the night.
We will be here at least until Monday, January 5, when school starts. That's the bad news. They want to do an MRI on Monday. Pray that will be the day we get to go home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy New Year!
May God bless your family with Good Health and Peace as you ring in 2009!
Blessings on your family for 2009!!!
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