Julia filled us in on the details of that morning when we had arrived. Early this morning her doctor had come in to discuss the gastro intestinal specialist recommendations about drawing some of the fluid from her abdomen area for testing. They were also considering doing a CT scan of her legs to check for any blood clots since that can be a source of infection.
About an hour later, the doctor came back since she had received a call back from the infection control specialist at the larger hospital. He had review Julia's file and had seen all that was attempted and the fact that nothing was found but she was still fighting a fever. He suggests that she might be having a drug fever, and that it might just be a reaction to one of antibiotics. So they took out the IV they had put in last night (since they can cause infection) and she is now just on the once a day oral antibiotic. However, the doctor and the specialist want to make sure she doesn't have an infection so Julia ended up having a MRI this afternoon of the abdomen area and is waiting in line to get a CT scan of her lungs. So she is definitely getting all scanned up.
Unfortunately the MRI required an illumination agent via IV to be inserted, but this time the nurse, after being fully warned by me of the past failures, and with the prospect of 1 Worthers candy for every attempt less then 4, successfully did it in one shot (and walked out with 3 pieces of candy :) )
Her last high temperature was during last night at around 2 am when it was 38.2C. Today it has been very close to the 37 C range and didn't go up during the day. We'll see what happens tonight. Maybe that antibiotic was affecting her!
Thanks once again for all your prayers and here are a few pictures from the day:
2 comments:
Hey Matt,
Glad to hear that things are looking up a bit. Hope that all things continue to go well. Also thanks again for the other night it was lots of fun for me to hang out with you guys. Hope that you have a great day.
Jer and Heather
Well, my dear Julia, with all that scanning you should know by now if you have an adorable pancreas! :) LOL! And if you don't remember why that's funny let me know and I'll get your phone number and call your hospital room! I am relieved to hear that something as simple as an antibiotic might be the cause of the fever. And it's also a relief to hear less frustration in Matt's voice as he writes the updates. Thank you, Matt, for doing this every day. It's a really great thing for those of us who are far away! We keep praying for all three of you and are glad to hear that Marika is growing so well. All our love,
Brad, Katie, Nathanael & Hannah DeVries :)
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