Isolation - Day 2

My brave little soldier

How do you like our little jail cell.

So Carter fell asleep last night around 11pm and nurses came in about every other hour. It for a long night for the both of us. Around 3am a nurse came in to give him his new medication through his iv and for some reason, the iv messed up after she left and Carter was in pain for a good 25 minutes. I thought he didn't like the beginning cold sensation that it shoots out, but when she came in, she saw that the tape had bubbled up and that it was pinching his skin. She quickly removed it and put hot packs on his arm. She said they would start the medicine and a new iv in the morning. So at around 8am this morning, 2 nurses came in and got the iv started again.

The nurses were hysterical though. They are my favorite nurses so far. They were very loud and funny and immediately gave Carter 2 syringes full of water so that he could squirt them with it. Next they told him about their magic J-tip which is a shot of air onto your skin that instantly numbs it. It makes a popping sound when you hit the button like a cork popping out of a bottle. Carter didn't quite understand that they were trying to tell him this would take away all the pain of the needle, but they were pretty good at distracting him too. They plastered him with fun superhero band-aids and stickers galore.

Basically what we know so far is that he does not have MRSA, and that he just has a regular staff infection. Most of his redness has gone down and his foot swelling is also going down. They want to keep him until tomorrow night though to make sure his fever remains normal and that his sore starts to look better.

We had several visitors today. Grandma Burkhardt and Grandma Stiver each spent a significant amount of time with us. Danielle and Rich stopped by. I was at home with Jordan at that time though so he could get his nap in. We also had our neighbors, the Wolfes, stop by. They brought Carter a Get Well balloon and 3 matchbox cars. So sweet.

Thanks everyone for your prayers. Tomorrow is going to be a long day. Feel free to stop by though if you want to. We are at Parkview Hospital on State Street in room 306. I am sure we will be here until Sunday night.

Carter is acting fine. His fever has been down and he has been out of his bed running around the room most of the day. Although, being confined to one room for several hours does become quite grueling.