Rollercoasters are not for the faint of heart...

1 month post-accident

Yesterday was such a good day, we all took a little break and I started 'nesting' (organizing the house for the baby's arrival). When my mom was preparing to head back to the apartment for the night, she went to give him a kiss, but couldn't reach him and said so. He moved his head closer and puckered his lips to receive her kiss. Amazing, right! It shows comprehension and an appropriate response to a situation - I know he is 'in' there, we just need to get him well enough to start the physical and occupational therapy to help him make the strongest recovery.

Then...

This morning around 5 am the hospital called and asked my mom to come over right away. Her apartment isn't pretty, but it is close by so in a case like this we're thankful for the location. His blood pressure had dropped to dangerously low levels and his white blood cell count had doubled - there is a new infection brewing - or something.

The doctors sent him down for a CT scan (of his body, not his brain) and we are waiting to hear the results. The culture they did on Jan 4 never grew (after his 2nd surgery for the sepsis) so at that point they had a good handle on this particular infection.

Today's infection we don't know enough about yet. He is on antibiotics, but perhaps not the 'right' cocktail of antibiotics because some new strain has been able to take hold.

I can't believe this is happening...