After a few days of being out of the hospital, we were hoping to see Xander getting stronger by the day. When I took him to his pediatrician for a follow-up appointment, we found out that his numbers weren't getting much better. But what worried her more was that he had a low grade fever. She wanted me to keep taking his temp and she would be calling us at home to check on him. 48 hours later, he still had the same temperature, but she wasn't liking the fact that he wasn't starting to feel better. He should be improving by now. So, Chris took him back into her office and she took an xray of his chest. I got the call that they were heading home to pack the bags! Back to Children's Hospital. :( He had fluid in his lungs this time and was only going to get sicker. This time, they would treat him even more aggressively and a Infectious Disease specialist was in charge of his care. He was convinced that he would need to do send Xander to surgery to have a chest tube put in to drain the fluid. It would depend on how he responded to the antibiotics this time and the addition of respitory therapy. He was happily proven wrong and Xander started to get better even faster than he had hoped. After 5 days in, he was finally released for the second time (and thankfully the last time!)
Xander entertaining himself at the drs. office
Obviously not happy to be back in the ER
Talking to his grandma and waiting to be readmitted
Resting quietly
Getting respitory therapy
You know he has been served too many hospital meals when he orders the Mac 'n Cheese.
The never ending stream of nurses on the board. Started to feel too much like his room!
More respitory therapy :( So hard on Xander!
One of the meds was cold going in and our boy didn't like it one bit. But what a little trooper...
Starting to feel too good to stay in bed, but hard to play with IVs
Yay, IVs are out for good and he is heading home!
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