Sunday, November 16, 2008

The Latest

First of all, thank you to everyone that had encouraging words for me at church today. Jeff did spike another fever last night. They are continuing to do xrays and cultures, which means more sticks. During the day, he is basically fine. At night he's feverish and achy. The picc line was removed yesterday and being cultured. We are hoping that it is positive for bacteria because then we know what the problem is. The bad news is that it has not grown anything as of yet and it has been over 24 hours. This means that they may have to re-tap the knee joint to see if bacteria is breeding there. That is bad news for Jeff b/c it is a very uncomfortable procedure that he does not want to have to go through again. If they tap the knee and there is infection there, he will have surgery again to clean it out again. We really don't want that. So, I'm hoping the picc line grows a whopping amount of bacteria tonight, they then have an official diagnosis, he gets a new picc line and we go home. You can pray that with me. Side note: our house in Spartanburg is showing tomorrow. Please say an extra prayer for that. It is scheduled to show between 11:30 and 12:30. Thanks!!

PS. Jessica: got your text. thanks for checking!

1 comment:

The Beaver Bunch said...

I love you guys so much and I'm so sorry that you are having to deal with all of this at once. There is a purpose, and I'll pray for quick healing and clarity.