Day 25 June 29, 2009

Today we stayed in the observation unit all day with hopes of moving back to a room. By lunchtime, we heard we were staying here again. Dr. Kernan came around 3 and told me some bad news. She said Cody has 2 inflamed areas in his brain. This is a result of the HHV 6 virus. This may be causing him the confusion and sedative state. Unfortunately, we cannot do a spinal to confirm it due to his low platelet count. So we have to treat him with an antiviral med. Unfortunately again, this drug causes toxicity to his kidneys. We are staying in the unit for more observation. He is hooked up to the EEG tonight so we can rule out any seizures he might be having and treat them if we need to. On a good note, his counts are holding up and his white blood count came up to .4. It is not unusual for it to drop again but it is good. His platelets and hemoglobin is up too. We'll take it for sure. He seems ok but I can tell his is scared. I am too, but he is fighting hard. Continue to pray for us.