Slight Scare

Yesterday, while I was up for the day with Spencer, we had a slight scare.  As the nurse was doing an assessment on him, she thought she saw some drainage leaking from his central line. For all non-nurses/medical pros, Spencer's central line is basically a more permanent and durable IV. It was surgically put in last Friday and runs in through his leg, through a vein in his body close to his heart. He has no peripheral IVs anymore so he is getting his nutrition and all of his antibiotics through this line.  It is very important. So, Spencer's surgeon ordered a culture on the drainage. I was giving Spencer a bath when the nurse changed the dressing around this line and took the culture. She said to her it looked infected and would be surprised if it came back negative. My heart sank. If there was an infection, the line would have to be taken out immediately-which would have really complicated things (it's complicated to explain why it would be a really bad thing, so I'll spare you the long story). Artie and I got to the hospital this morning bracing ourselves for the worst...but, his surgeon checked the preliminary results and it's showing no infection! I know we got this good news because of everyone who has Spencer in their thoughts and prayers-so THANK YOU! We're still watching it carefully and I'm still paranoid, but I'm so glad we didn't get more bad news! Here's to hoping we're headed in the right direction! 

Such a sweet face, so content in daddy's arms.

Eyes are open! He has really been a lot more awake the last few days and it has been nice to sit with him while he's looking around. I originally took this picture to show Spencer some day how bruised his little hand got from having IVs in it so long-it's literally been black for a week-I'm so glad he doesn't have IVs in it anymore (I hope it stays that way)!