We have officially moved to the PICU as Cutler’s infection continues to make things difficult.  His fever is bouncing from normal to a high of 102.5 today.  At one point this morning, while Melanie and I were both working from home, grandma called and said the doctors were concerned and needed to move him to the PICU.  30 minutes later I was meeting them as they arrived and Cutler was in pretty bad shape.  His fever was high, he was vomiting, and his blood pressure was low.  They gave him blood and it wasn’t 30 minutes later while lying in my arms he sat up almost on his own and started to play for at least an hour.  It was an amazing site of strength and will power.  The doctors and nurses were amazed and the quick turn around.

Unfortunately, that did not last for too long as the fever returned and he quickly returned to fitful sleep in my arms.  Any time the fever is up, he just wants to be held and throws an amazing fit even when you set him down just long enough to be changed.  Dr. Weinthal did come by and the cultures are showing that he has strep throat and a touch of a staff infection.  He also thinks there is potential for pneumonia, but without white cells it can’t be determined.  So the next 48 hours or so are going to be pretty rough as we fight to get the infections under control.  For now we will just continue to hold and comfort him until the project is moved back to yellow and then eventually green status.