Sick Again

Sick again. Well last weekend critter got a fever and it just went down hill from there. First problem: he has what they call mucocitis (I have no idea how to spell it) basically the chemo attacks all fast growing cells like the cells that line cheeks, throat, intestines, stomach everything between in and out. So he has sores in his mouth and all the way through his system. It causes a lot of pain. He wont swallow even his own spit and the sores secrete mucus so it's like the worst cotton mouth ever. He throws up gobs of mucusy spit and complains of stomach pain.
Problem 2: he has had some diareah so they cultured it and he has C Diff. A bacterial infection in his intestines. This bug is common to people who spend a lot of time in the hospital and that have suppressed immune systems. It causes pain, diareah and fevers. More yuck.

Problem 3: the most serious. They have found a bad bug in his blood. They know it is a gram negative bug but not the specific kind of gram neg bug. They are worried it is a certain kind of bug that adheres to plastic. This bug ( sorry it starts with an S and is very long so I can't even try to spell it) if he has it would live in his central line and every time they give anything through it it showers bacteria into his blood stream. The fix for this is to pull his central line. We would have to have regular IVs through the rest of this round and place another line before bone marrow. In short he is really sick! Sleeps a lot and when he is awake he is in pain. We started a morphine drip today and he will get blood and platelets today so I hope it will help. We gave him a blessing last night it was really special because he woke up for it and was calm and quiet through the whole thing. I am so thankful that I was blessed with such a good baby. Ruby is happy when I need cheering up and sleeping when I need to hold Critter. She is a miracle in so many ways. Usually when counts come back his body heals and our little Critter returns. We are counting the days. Hopefully sometime next week things will be looking up.But for right now he is completely miserable.