Nathan developed a fever again around 12:30am so blood was drawn for bacteria cultures tests both from his port and his arm before being able to receive tylenol. Around 2am the resident came in to examine him and ordered chest and stomach x-rays. The travelling caravan came to our room shortly before 4am. As we were sliding the slide under Nathan's back his response was "What is going on now?". They were quick and the machine they brought in was very child friendly fully decorated with bears. Nathan was up a lot between this with stomach/side pain and to go to the bathroom. Shortly before 7am a knock on the door woke my short nap to be told it was time to do blood work as we were late. I politley told him Nathan gave enough blood between 12:30 and 1:15am so he left. The fever came back around 10am so with tylenol for the fever and morophine for the pain Nathan is sleeping. He is quite the trooper but one more thing for him to fight was not necessary.
The bacteria in Nathan's blood is called Pseudomonas aeruginosa. From what I have read it is a Gram-negative bacterium that is noted for its environmental versatility, ability to cause disease in particular susceptible individuals, and its resistance to antibiotics. It orginates in the intestine causing infection. Nathan's bowel showed in his ultra sound to have a thickened wall indicating inflamation. The two drugs Nathan is on are used to treat this infection but how long it will take to see results I don't know.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudomonas_aeruginosa
Please pray for strength for Nathan to fight yet one more bug in his blood and that the medications he is on kills the pseudomonas aeruginosa.
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