Mikey Update!

Thought I would give another update and send along a pictures of Michael with it! He is continuing to improve! The doctors came in this morning and told us that it looks like the bacteria is some kind of a staph and sometimes that can be a contaminate because it is on the skin but since the source of his infection came from the skin then they consider it the real thing. They had first put him on clendamycin when he came in and on Sunday he continued to get worse...they told me today that this particular bacteria was resistant to clendamycin which is why he was getting worse. They have him now on Vancomycin and he is improving everyday! We discussed with the doctors here of doing part of the IV therapy at home but when Dr. Muenzer and Dr. Covington got wind of that, they shot it down. They want Michael in the hospital for the entire length of treatment. I was hoping to be able to go home in a few days but it seems like we may be here for the whole time. I won't complain though because I prayed and told Heavenly Father that no matter how long we had to stay here it would be ok with me as longs as Michael got better. So, no matter what, whether we stay here the whole time or get to go home for part of the treatment, I am happy that he is getting better. As you can see from the picture..they have brought a video game console in here and he is happily playing his video games. He still doesn't feel like eating very much and he sleeps a lot but when he is up, he is looking much better and he feels like playing or reading..so that is a huge blessing! Things are getting so much better and I am thankful for the Lord's hand on Michael. It is truly miraculous!