Jacob's turn...

This week has been all about Jacob. On Sunday morning around 3 am he spiked a really high fever of 104. So, I called our doc on call and he wanted us to bring him into the ER. I retook his temp while I had the doc on the line and it was down so the doc said that I could wait and bring him into a walk-in clinic on Sunday. We did that and it was not a good experience. Needless to say, I will not go to that clinic again. They did a quick strep test that was negetive and sent us on our way tellin me that it was just a virus (my mommy senses were telling me different). Jacob just continued to get worse so I called our doc again on Monday and got him in for an appointment. They too did a strep culture and the quick version was negetive, but the doc felt that he most likely had something not virus related and put him on an antibiotic. Tuesday was not any better so I called again, the doc was afraid that he might have mono, so I took him into clinic for a mono test and a CBC. Later that night we got a call from the clinic saying that the 24 hour strep culture was positive. Wednesday he was still spiking 103 degree temp so I called again and went back to the clinic. Luckily his mono test was negetive. The doc put him on a stronger antibiotic. He has had his two doses today and seemed to be doing much better tonight. So, hopefully he is on the downhill side of this and will get better. I have never seen him so sick. It really worried me...after all we have gone through with Kaelyn our minds tend to think of the worst possible scenario. Luckily this is just a common illness that is very treatable - thank heavens once again.

So, Kaelyn has been very blessed with health this week and with sleeping through the night! I really believe that has been a gift from above so I could concentrate on Jacob and get him through his restless, fever filled nights. Little miracles! (I hope it will continue so maybe I can get a whole nights rest soon!)

Lots of love,

Angie

Cholangiogram and tube placement

Kaelyn went in for her cholangiogram and tube placement on Friday. She did very well. The bile ducts look great! Isn't that good news! She does have a blockage or stricture in the anastamosis (place where the common bile duct is sewed onto the intestines), but this is the scenario that we hoped for. A drain was placed, but was not able to go through the stricture just yet. Her liver had too much swelling to risk trying to go to roughly and push their way through the stricture. So for now the drain is sitting inside her liver draining externally to decompress things in there. It seems to be working. The drain is putting out a lot and Kaelyn's pain is so much less than it was. On November 2 she will go back into the hospital for another cholangiogram and place the drain through the stricture with a balloon dilitation to open it up. Hopefully she will only need the drain for a little bit and when the stricture has opened up and stabilized we can take it out. I was just so happy when the docs came in and said her bile ducts look wonderful. I think that was just the best news we could have ever heard. I was so worried that we were heading into a repeat of the last two years. Thank goodness it's not.

We are now home as of yesterday, and Kaelyn is loving it! Unfortunately Jacob is sick, but he should get better soon.

Love to all!

Angie