November 20, 2008

• Today brought some good news.  The tissue culture ended up having a benign type that is naturally on Alexander’s skin. One blood culture was completely clear.  The other one showed some staph after 24 hours, but it was a very small amount.  After the 48 hours, there was enough to tell that it was the same benign staph.  The doctors are not sure what caused his high fever on Tuesday, but they say he is clear of any infection now. They now speculate that he was overacting to a virus. His white blood count is dropping almost to normal. The burns continue to heal remarkably well.  The newest stage is itching. Bummer!  How do you explain to a very little boy that he cannot scratch?

  Tomorrow will be another step towards getting Alexander’s burns repaired.  At 10:00 he will have surgery to cut out the remaining dead tissue off of his shoulder.  He will have a vacuum patch placed over it that will ensure a sterile covering and will also speed up healing of the underlying tissue.  On Tuesday a skin graft will be put over the place.  Hopefully this will be the end of hospital stays and doctors, other than a few checkups.

  We are all emotionally exhausted, but so very glad that all things are working out well.

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