Day 6, June 10, 2009

The awful day yesterday continued through the night.  Cody has vomiting, diarrhea and fever all night.  Let's just say that we had to go beyond the 'privates' issue and I felt like I had a 2 year old again.  I felt so awful for him.  This morning we decided to continue with the pain pump so he gets the meds around the clock and that the vomiting may have actually been a withdrawl from the pain med.  So that seems to be in control as of 7:30 this morning.  I am keeping my fingers crossed.  

We found out this morning that there is an infection in one of his lines of his CVC-which is his central port.  That is what is causing the fever.  It is good that we found this.  He had to have 3 temporary IVs put in his arms and the CVC will be taken out today and a new one in tomorrow or Friday.  It is a minor surgical procedure.  It is good that it is not something else.  

We are both exhausted today and once things settle, I will get a nap in.  He is napping now.  Nurse Liz tells me that he will feel better once the line is out but it could take up to 48 hours for the fever.  He will be sleeping most of the time for the next few days.  His body is stressed.

Sleeping is a good thing right now.

The day did not end too well.  Cody had a chest xray which unfortunately there was a spot there.  It is a little pneumonia or the beginning of pneumonia.  I was very upset to hear this.  He is being treated with antibiotics and being monitored as to the levels that are inside his blood.  Once they determine the exact kind of bacteria they can target it with more specific antibiotics. He had a 2nd xray around 11:30 pm and it still showed the same.