Room 201 Pt. 2

We are home bound today! Kenji got his new broviac in on the 28th and Pittsburgh is still on. Our flights and hotel reservations are all made. Another piece of good news is that Kenji got approved for private duty nursing thru the CAPC program. Woohoo! Also, I created a Facebook page for Kenji. It'll be easier to keep everyone updated with his journey than finding time to write a blog post. Find him at Kicking It With Kenji - SBS Style. I will add the link later when I get on my computer.

Happy 1st Birthday, Kenji!

Today is Kenji's first birthday.  He is still in the hospital battling 3 bacterial infections and a fungal infection but that's not stopping him from smiling.  

So, with the line being infected with 4 different organisms, the line is considered "damaged" so it had to be pulled out.  And since Kenji is such a hard stick and his peripheral IVs don't last him very long, he ended up having a Cook Catheter put in for the time being till he gets a new Broviac.

Watch my baby grow!

Kenji, what will mommy ever do without that handsome, adorable face and those fluffy cheeks?  I love you booger!

And...

Yeah!  The other one has not cut through yet though.

Room 201 Pt. 1

Saturday (3/9) was a busy day/night for all of us.  Kenji went to bed around 10:30ish.  I was done with the night and headed to bed at around 1ish and he felt warm to the touch when I kissed him goodnight.  I took his temp and he was 102.4.  I told DH and we left for the ER.  Blood cultures and labs were done (like usual) and he was given a tylenol suppository to help the fever.  We were admitted and we didn't get a room till about 7am.  I was so mad and tired.  Like seriously?!  Kenji's blood culture grew a Gram Negative Rod bacteria (nothing specific yet).  So he's getting 2 types of IV antibiotics to treat that.  And today we find out his culture also grew yeast (nothing specific yet either).  AIYAYA!  So another antibiotic is added to the list. The plan is to treat it thru the line first for a week or so.  If that doesn't do the trick then his broviac will have to be pulled...AGAIN!  His blood count and platelets are dropping dramatically too bc of all the labs and cultures that's being done.  He will be getting a blood transfusion here in the next few hours.  Ok, that's it for now.  I will update soon.