Monday Feb 11, 2008

NaterBug Update 2-11-08 Well this morning Nathen has his temporary central line put in for medications and other IV needed stuff til his surgery. He is doing very well and we are back at the Ronald Mcdonald House. While we were in the> procedure room with Dr. LaQuaglia waiting for them to put Nathen to sleep I got to see what a reall nice guy he is. He was picking at Nathen trying to get him to laugh and talking to him. Of course Nathen being a stinker that he is was yelling at him til Dr. LaQuaglia told him that he was going to give sneaky snake a drink. Then his whole demeaner changed, he began do make the smacking sounds with his mouth and say mmmmm. Then they gave him the medication to make him sleepy and Dr. LaQuaglia said OK Nathen lets go to sleep, you are such a sleepy boy as he laid him down. I left the room and he let his hands go to work on our little man. Before they started Dr. LaQuaglia mentioned that Nathen was still on the surgery list for Thursday. I was so excited. We have to go back in the morning for some more blood test and we will know for sure if we will get to have the surgery on Thursday or not. The docs said that his blood cultures have not grown anything so that is great! We caught the infection in time before it got anywhere. The lump that was on Nathen's arm is now gone as well which is sooooo awsome... I was so worried about that. The docs said it was probably from the picc line not being stitched in and it slipped out of place and caused the medication to go into his vein instead of the main artery where it was supposed to go. They said that when they put them in here they put a couple of stiches in around it to keep it in place which only makes sense. You have this long tube going into your arm all the way around to your chest where the main artery is with nothing to keep it there, stitching it in would be the smart thing to do. Well anyways Nathen is doing great and I am very excited about being here with such skilled Docs. I definately am not excited about the temperature though. It was 11 degrees out today when we left the hospital. I know alot of people asked what kind of things we could use and need. I found out today that we have a CVS and a Walgreens pharmacy within walking distance so gift cards to those places would be of big help to get diapers, soap, laundry soap, and other needed items. I am very greatful to each and every one of you that have been here supporting us through this journey.. Keep on praying.... we are chucking along this track.. We love you all Amanda> http://www.nathentrueblood.com/