Tuesday 2/3/2009
Posted Feb 3, 2009 8:07pm
This week has been very busy and very VERY stressful. Travyn's incision on the back of his head kept leaking so they had to take him back into surgery and re-open half of the incision to clean it out real good and stich it back up. The fluid that was back there was making his head really boggy and making it hard to heal properly. They got rid of the fluid when they were cleaning it and sent a sample to the lab to make sure it wasn't infected. When Travyn was done with surgery the doctor came and talked to me and said he didn't think that it was infected but sent the sample of fluid just to make sure. Well the lab results came back and it turned out to be a "Staph Infection" A Staph Infection is a staphylococcus aureus bacteria. This pesky little bacterium is very common (many people have some living on their skin all the time), but when it enters the human body, usually through an open cut or break in the skin, it can cause infection and trouble anywhere in the body. They can be very serious and life threating. The good thing is that they caught it early and had him on antibiotics before they found out. On Sunday I noticed that his Central Line on his chest looked very red and had some white looking puss on it. I grabbed a nurse immediately and showed her. They have been watching it very close to see if it was getting any worse but since he was already on antibiotics for his head they weren't to concerned. Also, on sunday he had to get a blood transfusion because his "Hematocrit" (Red Blood Cells) was very low. That is very common after having Brain Surgery and this caused his heart rate to be extremly high which was putting a strain on his heart. Last night we were moved from the Oncology floor to the Nuero Trauma Unit because he will not be starting Chemo for awhile. They want to make sure he has NO infections and everything is healed the way its suppose too. When I got to the hospital this morning the Infection Specialists came and talked to me about his Central Line and what they wanted to do with it knowing how infected it was. They said they were going to have to remove it and let it heal before they could put in another one. I was happy that they were going to remove it cause it wasn't looking to good and I was scared for my baby. Well they took him into surgery at 3:00 to remove the central Line while he was in surgery Channel 2 News called me and asked me if they could come interview me about my Baby boy with this rare cancer. The interview went great. When Travyn was done with surgery the doctor came and told me he didn't feel that it was necessary to remove the Central Line. He said the infection was on the outside of the wound and was confident that it could heal with antibiotics and time. Other then that, MY LITTLE FIGHTER has been doing SOOO good. He started smiling more and his crooked little smile is the cutest thing I have ever seen. IT JUST MELTS MY HEART!!! I LOVE THAT LITTLE GUY SO MUCH......
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR LOVE, SUPPORT AND MOST IMPORTANT YOUR WONDERFUL NEEDED PRAYERS!!!!! I CANT THANK YOU ALL ENOUGH FOR KEEPING US IN YOUR HEARTS AND PRAYERS. WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH....THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!
PRAY FOR TRAY!!!!!