Not out of the woods yet.

Well just when we thought we were done Critter got sick. Thursday morning he woke up and had his bottle. I told the nurse he felt a little warm. She checked a temperature and it was higher than his normal but not considered a fever yet. He went back to sleep (never a good sign), and soon enough he was brewing a fever. We started all the usual things, blood cultures, chest x-ray, antibiotics etc. He slept most of the day (on me of course). This time we didn't have the big blood pressure drops or anything that serious. This morning he woke up feeling better. He still had a fever but was acting awake and happy.

The cultures showed that he had a form of Strep. This is the type of bacteria that we all have on our skin but because he has no immune system it has entered his blood stream and is making him sick. This is the most common infection that oncology patients get. It is also a very serious infection. The doctor said he is doing really well for having this bug. He is still in danger of dropping his blood pressure or acquiring Strep pneumonia (which he is already showing the beginning signs of). So if we can stay here instead of going to the ICU he will be doing really well.
This might delay our trip home a little. I'm hoping by just a few days but that's the best case scenario. We can go home on antibiotics but he needs to not have a fever for a few days and have a clean chest x-ray. Well it gives us something to work on.

Good points...I showered today...he is acting better...his head is healing...we have been blessed with so much I'm sure a few more days in the hospital is bearable...!