Unfortunately, due to a new infection, we will remain in the hospital longer than hoped for. You cannot imagine our frustration with this, but at the same time, we understand that accidents like this do happen.
On Monday, his stool sample that was sent to the lab tested positive for c.diff. We believe this is the cause for his fevers to continue. He has been started on a new antibiotic, called Flagyl, to treat for this infection. He started it more than 24 hours ago and we are hoping that the fevers will stop soon. His temp has not reached the high levels that they had been since we have started this new antibiotic, so that is encouraging. We were hoping to go all day today w/o any fevers so that we could possibly go home tomorrow, however, that didn't happen as he spike a fever again about 12:30 this afternoon. He is still on Cephipime and Fluconazole as well, which was to possibly prevent any other types of infections while his counts were low and his immune systems was down.
It is believed that the infection was contracted via another patient, (even though Gabe has never left his room since admission), who has since been discharged and no one realized this patient had it until after leaving. Therefore, the entire unit is being disinfected w/ bleach today and the carpets being cleaned as well in order to prevent any further spreading of this infection. Anyone coming into Gabe's room must clean their hands w/ the alcohol foam, put on gloves and a gown and before leaving the room,they must remove their gown and throw the gloves away and wash their hands w/ soap and water. Kind of a pain, but much needed measures to prevent it from spreading to someone else, which is very important.
His blood counts are good today and have jumped up rather quickly, which is great! He has slept almost all day everyday since we've been here, which is good for him if he isn't feeling well, but hard to deal w/ on a daily basis sometimes. Luckily he has not gotten the mouth sores like he did before and has not been on pain medications this time either. These are 2 very good things in our opinions considering how much he has been through.
Hope everyone enjoys their 4th of July weekend and please stay safe! Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers.
Sincerely,
Brandy
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