Super Luke!

                                  
There is no question that this little boy will have a Superman themed birthday party, especially after this trip. Last night Luke did really well for what all he went through. He slept pretty well. However I did not sleep too well. They don't make hospital rooms for parents. If I could make one suggestion, couches. The reclining chairs don't cut it. Another surreal moment, watching a helicopter land right outside our window. These past 4 months are so surreal to us. It feels like a dream still.

Today Luke's doctor repacked his wound and things are starting to look a little better. It isn't as read and swollen, however it still is infected. The cultures have not grown anything, which is a good sign actually. They were most worried about MRSA originally, that's why we went with Vancomycin. However, it there is still no growth tomorrow we will switch to a new antibiotic that will be oral instead of IV. Today we started with an IV in his head from yesterday. Then half way through his morning dose his IV blew and they had to place a new one. They were thankfully able to place it in his foot. It just seems less harsh to me than his head. After much conversation they then gave Luke 5 little subq injections to break up the Vanc that was left in his head where it blew. All I keep hearing is that Vanc is so rough on veins. I hate to say it, but we know Vanc like the back of our hands. I will always blame Luke's hearing on it. Fingers crossed that we can discontinue it tomorrow morning.

For the past few months we have been watching Luke closely for a hernia. It was brought to our attention when Luke was tiny. With all of the swelling and close attention we have been monitoring it closely lately. Today the doctors ordered an ultrasound to get a definent answer. It was conclusive that he does for sure have one on the right side next to the abscess. They however are not connected according to the doctor. Now we will have to schedule a surgery at Riley to fix the hernia. They usually don't do this till a year or so. We will have the procedure done at Riley due to his preematurity, and we will once again have to stay the night....I swear hospitals have become my life. Here we were so excited to get home, and back we go to the hospital.

If we don't have any growth tomorrow we will now be here till at least Wednesday to see if the new antibiotic will work. So tomorrow I will be calling Riley and canceling all of our appointments that were scheduled for Tuesday. Even if we were discharged tomorrow, I'm not into taking Luke down there with an open sore. It is a little funny that we are trying hard to keep away from RSV and here we are in the infested hospital. Ironic really!

So hopefully we have a calm night along with some good news tomorrow. Thanks everyone for the continued prayers on this new venture.

Jordan