A Rough Bump

What a rough day so far for Jason which means a rough time for all of us as well.  The description of this being a roller coaster is physically a good description with feelings going from up to down and down to up and back again and your stomach dropping out from under you all within hours. 

This morning Carolin texted us that Jason was running a high fever, (I later heard from the Dr. it had been up to 105 early this morning), and his chest xray showed his right lung was showing additional fluid.  He's also been grabbing his head and grimacing so it was pretty clear he was having head pain.   They packed ice bags around him and the fever did come down a bit. The Dr. ordered a CT scan of his lungs as well as a sonogram. (That was to make sure everything was okay with the PEG tube they put in yesterday.)  It was an anxious ride to Lancaster worrying that this would have serious consequences for his still fragile lungs.  The bright spot we did keep in mind was that through this he was holding his own breathing wise and on room air only.

My sister had picked me up on her way from VA to the hospital and as we walked down the hospital hallway on the ground floor we saw someone pushing a gurney.  As they came closer Margie was the one who recognized it was Jason.  It felt like a small wonder that we had crossed paths with him on his way to the CT scan! He looked so good to me despite his fever - nothing covering his face not even an oxygen mask.  His eyes are close to normal size despite lots of bruising still visible and with the stitches out you can see skin rather than heavy black thread.

I joined Carolin and her Dad when he came back to his room and it felt so good to hold his hand again.  He had been given Tylenol and started on a broad spectrum antibiotic and his fever was already down to 102 which was a relief.  Finally we got to meet with the Dr. who told us after much consulting on Jason's test results the conclusion was that the PEG tube was in place perfectly but that he did have a pneumonia in his lungs that was a bit more involved than the original one last week they had been treating.  He's now on a broader spectrum antibiotic as well as Tylenol.  They do suspect his head pain is from a sinus infection and he may have a possible UTI but both of those infections will be taken care of with the new antibiotic.

Carolin asked the Dr. to fill Aaron in and after speaking with him Aaron felt strongly about getting an infectious disease consultant just to rule anything extra out and the Dr. readily agreed so that will happen soon.

So as we've heard this should just be a bump in the long road.  Please keep those healing prayers raising up - he really needs them now and we appreciate every loving thought he feels.