Grandma, my mom, is now bed ridden with a disc issue.  Her leg has been bothering her for quite some time and apparently got worse when she was out stalking Dr Ghisoli walking Tau a few weeks ago.  Last night the pain was so bad that she couldn’t sleep and so she finally went in to see the doctor.  She needs to have more tests run, but the doctor thinks it could be a collapsed disk.  For now she is flying high and snoring away thanks to some good pain meds.  Hopefully dad remembers to check on her to make she is breathing every few hours.

Early this morning Cutler started to run a fever and was still crying out in pain.  He was immediately started on antibiotics as well as given pain meds.  By 3 am I was able to lay him back to sleep in his bed where he slept until around 8 am.  His fever has gotten as high as 102, but fortunately has stayed pretty low throughout the day.  Blood has been drawn and multiple tests are being run to detect any potential infections as well as a chest xray was run.  The doctor did say that the fever could be from the inflammation as he continues to receive tons of fluids including more and more blood.  I tease the nurses that they should just draw the blood for the tests from the bags that they hang as it seems like they pull out as much as they put in.

For the pain, Cutler has been put back on the constant drip where he receives a dose of fentanyl hourly and the button is always there when I need a sleep/potty break he is showing pain.  He is also getting a diuretic to help with the fluid retention.  He did spend the majority of the day napping in our arms, but I did get a full hour of play time with him this evening when I relieved Nana.  For now he is fast asleep, hopefully for the night and we will just pray and wait for the test results.