Tuesday Update

I have soooo much to tell. Right now, more of the FUN stuff. He made ornaments, he played air hockey, saw Santa again, oh and I found one more Batman photo! And I want to squeeze in a Thank You to the Staff who took very good care of Gage. In particular Lindsey, Kim, Stephanie, and many more! He did not want to leave today, despite his note to them yesterday. The first one was from when he first met his nurse Lindsey....this was his love note! And the second was from yesterday when he was waking from his sedation after receiving his PICC line (I'll explain everything later, like I said I have lots to tell later).


It says "can I go home today? My arm hurts bad, I want to go home at 4:43." Thank all you ladies for being understanding and very patient with the patient.
At this point we are still hoping the antibiotics will continue to improve his condition. He has NO swelling, no redness, but still pain....only when you press on his ci right where the array runs down, or when he walks/runs too much (he needs to NOT OVERDO IT which is almost impossible w/ADHD). So there is a big improvement. Will it last? That's what we are crossing our fingers for. If the redness and/or swelling comes back, we'll likely be removing the ci. Otherwise we are good !! I will update when I can, right now I am a full time nurse, mixing meds, administering them into the iv and this is done morning, evening, midnight.