Hey, everyone. This is Bailey writing. Finally, got my computer to let me on the internet. Well, we are back in the PICU like Kristin mentioned, and they found out that Daxter has an infection on top of everything else. The infection is causing him to have a fever, 103.1 last time they checked. They say that it looks like a strept infection, but they haven't been able to discern for sure what kind of strept infection it is. They took a couple of blood samples from his arm and from his hickman on his chest trying to find out whether the infection is in the hickman catheter, too, or if it's still just in his blood. If the infection is in his hickman catheter, they will have to take him back into surgery to remove the old hickman and insert a new one. Currently, they are giving him several medicines trying to quell his nausea, bring up his blood cell counts (which is in the form of a shot in his leg every day), lower his heart rate, and a few antibiotics to fight the infection. They are also giving him pain medicine and an IV with sodium in it again (the doctor said he has to correct the sodium levels because the move upstairs messed his levels up) He's also on an IV full of platelets, because his platelet level is 6,000 and it should be 100,000. His potassium levels are out of whack too, so they are giving him something to try to fix that, as well. Hopefully, my computer will cooperate with me better and let me post more frequently. Thank you all again.
Thank you,
Bailey
For selfish reasons so glad u were able to post Bailey!! Good to "hear" u guys are hanging in and hanging on!! Daxter' story is being told to thousands and many, many prayers are being sent up!! God Bless your young son and all of you!
ReplyDeleteI am a mom of a cancer survivor and I am praying for you. My daughter was diagnosed with retinoblastoma when she was 5 months old. She is now 4 years old and doing great. We live in Oxford. We have been through the cancer thing. We took our daughter to St. Jude Childrens Hospital in Memphis. Contact me if you have any questions. bluetoybox@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteGod Bless this day!! Hello there, my name is Brianne Banning and my daughter Baylee was diagnosed at 7 months old with Neuroblastoma 3 years ago this month. Your story is hitting so close to home! I want you to know we are praying for God's healing hand to touch Daxter as it did our baby girl! I would love to lend a listen ear whenever you need it! Pigs fly because God makes them! brianne.banning@yahoo.com
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