Quick Prayer Update

This evening, Brock spiked a fever right after shift change. While this would be alarming regardless, it was more so because the last time his vitals had been checked was 8 hours previous. The day nurse had forgotten to take his vitals at 4 pm, so we are unsure how long he had the fever before it was addressed, doctors were notified, blood drawn, tests run, etc. Please pray with us that Brock was simply being cuddled a little too tightly and that his body has not caught anything else or this fever is not an indication of something we will see on his MRI/MRV scans tomorrow (like a pocket of infection in his brain). Our floor has now been opened to accept any cases due to shortages of beds, so we now have a number of flu/RSV cases on our floor. This increases the risk of us or another nurse/doctor exposing Brock simply by accident, so we are doing our best to stay in our room and be extra diligent about hand washing and nurse watching (making sure they gown/glove/mask up, washing stethoscopes, etc). Brock will not be allowed to eat anything after 2 am because of the anesthesia, so please be praying he sleeps soundly and gets an early spot for the scan. Mondays are always catch up day, but we have been told infants are typically booked after trauma, but before other older patients. We are hopeful that the MRI will show a decrease in the amount of swelling, but even more so that there are not any pockets of infection that would require additional weeks of antibiotics. If the scans are good, and the glucose and white blood cell counts from his lumbar puncture are in the correct ranges considering what he has been through, we will be looking at going home this week!!

"This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it."

~Brad and Taryn