Stupid fever

So many of you have reached out asking for an update on Jackson. 

So here it goes... 

Friday he had his surgery and did awesome! He was sore from the line being removed but was so brave. 

Saturday morning around 3:30am he spiked a fever of 102.7 after several phone calls to Riley’s, they decided he needed to go to the ER @  SBL to have lab work and blood cultures done. In the mean time we learned his ANC had dropped to 500 right before the surgery that raises some red flags.  Which warranted an ER visit! Man, was that hard to do. Taking him back knowing he was going to have to get blood taken and get a IV after just having his line removed. It crushed my heart. 

They ran labs and gave him IV Antibotics. Labs came back negative for any bacterial infections. So we chalked it up to a viral bug. He continued a fever for a day along with some vomitting. He was feeling much better on Monday!  He goes back for more labs and a check up on October 11th! 

Today he got to start his homebound schooling and we are so excited that Mindy Beurskens gets to be the one doing it. I can’t describe what an amazing feeling it is to have someone you know and trust to do this. He will also start his speech and OT at home as well. So we are excited to get that going as well. 

Otherwise he is getting stronger each day. He loves being outside playing hide and seek and going to the car wash! 

Oh and he got a new puppy yesterday! 

Thank you for loving him through each phase, for checking in on him and for praying for him daily!