Two nights ago J had a fever of 101.7. We tried to give him a little tylenol and see if that would do the trick. He had a rough night, and we knew in the morning that it was time for a trip to the hospital--(our 4th in 3 months.) When we arrived at the hospital his temp was 102.9 and he was struggling a little bit to breathe.

He has a condition called Neutropenia which means that his little body is not making enough of the bacteria fighting neutrofil--a type of white blood cell. In fact, as of yesterday his body had 0.0 neutrofils. Not good. He had a lumbar puncture (spinal tap) and many more tests. He was also put on antibiotics as a preventive measure to in case the infection was bacterial. We were finally moved up to the immunocomprised ward around 2:30pm.

J's heartrate remained around 205-220 until about 8pm. His oxygen saturation levels fluxuated, but stayed mainly in the 90's which is good. It was determined that he has a gram positive bacterial infection, which requires a different type of antibiotic than was being given. His temperature remained around 102.9 even with tylenol. He was one toasty baby!

Today they have decided that it has finally become necessary to do a bone marrow draw, to see if they can determine the cause of the neutropenia. I will keep things updated today as results come in.

Love,

Linds