We are here at the hospital. David is sleeping fairly well right now, and has been mostly sleeping or staring blankly all day long. His fever has continued to fluctuate from about 99 degrees to nearly 103 degrees. He isn't eating or drinking much, so we are thankful that he is getting fluids through the IV.

The nurse came in a few minutes ago to let us know that there was growth found in his blood cultures. This means that he has gotten an infection in his blood. They have been giving him some pretty strong broad spectrum antibiotics since we got here last night, but they are going to have to test the cultures to see if these are the best antibiotics to treat whatever infection that he has. They hope to have some answers about that by tomorrow. Either way, we will be here for at least a week for them to give him antibiotics through his IV.

So, I guess our good news right now is that at least we know, in general, what is making him sick. The bad news is that he is so very very pitiful and his fever is still present. He is hardly talking or playing. He has seemed to enjoy music, so I have been trying to play his favorites on my computer. He spent about 15 minutes tonight trying to sing, but he finally just went off to sleep. He really hasn't eaten anything since Friday morning before we went over for chemo, so he is visibly thinner. He is at least keeping down the few things that he has eaten, so that is good, but there isn't much that makes it into him.

We are at Brenner's Childrens' Hospital which is part of the Wake Forest University Hospital. We are very happy that the docs at Duke allowed us to be treated here instead of going all the way to Durham. This way we are close enough to home that one of us can go to the house to be with the big kids if need be. The staff here has been wonderful, and the room is immeasurably more comfortable than the rooms at Duke, so that is great since we are going to have an extended stay.

Please pray that they are able to figure out which antibiotic to use so that we can get that into him quickly. Pray that the bacteria responds well and that he begins to improve. Pray that the antibiotic works completely so that this doesn't become a regular thing that he has to deal with after chemo. Pray that we are all able to get some good rest.

I'm off to try to get a few hours of sleep.

-Kim