Infection

It feels like my blog posts keep starting the same way... "we are back in hospital"!

Last week, before his second round of chemo, Cameron had a G Tube (a feeding tube that is placed directly into the stomach) placed. We had gone back and forth about whether this was the right decision, the GI doctors had wanted to put a G Tube in when Cameron was 2 months old due to his lack of eating and low weight gain, but we fought it and eventually got him to drink his bottle and put on some weight. But, now the situation had changed, as Cameron goes through his intense chemotherapy protocol and eventually has his stem cell transplant, there is a chance that he will get sicker and less able to eat, we decided that the G Tube would be our "insurance policy". We would still encourage him to eat, but we could use the feeding tube as a back up on days when he didn't have much of an appetite. Of course, we were aware of the infection risks, but we didn't think that we would have to be readmitted so soon after his last discharge.

So here we are, back at CHOA. He has a rather sever and gross looking infection and ran a fever for a few days. We have been here for a total of 6 days so far and we are praying that he will be home for his and James's second birthday on Sunday. More importantly, we are praying that he is able to have his stem cell harvest that was scheduled for this week. His current infection can cause us to have to delay the stem cell harvest until after his next round of chemo. Its not the end of the world, but from a quality point of view, it would be better to harvest now, before his next chemotherapy.

We should have more of an idea of what our next steps will be, later today.