No answers yet

Fever was not caused by a UTI so now we are waiting to see if anything grows in his blood they took late last night. His white blood cells are really high and his CRP (measures inflammation in his body) is also elevated. But they are (what feels to me like) reaching for straws about what could be causing this fever and his increased pain. One theory is a bacterial infection from his chest tube. Other things they may look at as the day progresses is his gall bladder and his appendix but I feel that is a stretch. He is on IV antibiotics for 48 hours. So we aren't leaving today obviously. His IV he has had boarded up on his left hand, unused for days- kept in just in case he needed it- was bad when they went to use it for the antibiotics so now he has a hot pack on his right arm, waiting on the IV team to come stick and tape and board him up again. My sweet boy