++Positive Signs++

Early this morning, Larry woke up in a puddle of his sweat - his fever broke!! YAY!  Why am I so happy about this?  Yesterday morning, he spiked a fever of 104.5-  his body's way of saying he had an infection and in his case abscesses.  But nothing MAJOR doses of antibiotics couldn't take care of.  He has had a normal temperature and normal blood pressure/heart rate all day today, which we hope means the antibiotics are draining the last abscess (no surgery). Also, his white blood cell count is slowly decreasing - another promising sign.  


And the fun continues....Today, he got a PICC-line put in his upper arm. He'll have to stay on this high dosage of anitbiotics for about a week.  Instead of staying in the hospital for that long, he'll be able to go home and a home health care nurse will visit him everyday to administer the antibiotics through the PICC. We are grateful for the PICC!!! Lar's appetite has definitely returned and his energy is back.  Keep your fingers (and toes) crossed that these positive signs continue and he can go home.

Once we found out he could eat again my mom stopped at Mickey D's to get Lar chicken nuggets, fries and a milk.

Lar's new addition - a PICC-line

Sox it to it Lar...