Before turning in for the night I just wanted to provide one final update.  Since breaking his last fever around 4:30, he has yet to spike again.  He hasn’t been the happiest or most alert, but at least his fever hasn’t come back, but that’s not to say that it won’t.  Fortunately I was able to bring Mason up here for a visit after school and Cutler, as his brother always seems to do, lit up pretty quickly.  He laughed and laughed just watching Mason eat an orange push pop and then Cutler enjoyed playing peekaboo with Mason for a bit before I took Mason off to dinner.  Unfortunately I think Mason is starting to feel some stress from this as on the way to dinner he started to get pretty upset and told me that he was sad that Cutler was in the hospital.  After getting my salad and some pizza in his belly he seemed to recover and is holding strong.  I am still amazed at the bond they have and the amazing amount of love they have for each other.

A special thanks to Kobi for all of her support during this time.  She has been an incredible help and source of relief while Melanie is out of town.  Also a big thanks to Ellen for sitting with Cutler tonight so that I could give Mason somewhat of a normal evening.

For now  Cutler is sleeping soundly in his bed and I am hoping to do the same very soon so that I can be well rested to enjoy an outing to the ball game tomorrow afternoon.  I will try to provide some updates after talking to the doctor in the am.

Bacteria from the central line. Dr Lenarski believes the bacteria was within the line and judging on the time line it looks like when I flushed the lines it pushed the bacteria into the blood. He assured us there was nothing we could do to avoid this, which is refreshing. All night I was thinking about the many different places we had been taking him, so it is good to know that we didn’t cause this.
As for treatment, he is receiving two antibiotics that will hopefully knock things out. If the bacteria is not cleared they will remove his central line as this is where it is residing. Based on the treatment, we should be in the hospital for at least three days but it all depends on the bacteria. For now we are treating his fever with Tylenol which appears to be working. His fever broke overnight, but spiked back to 103.3 around 10 am. When I left it looked like he was feeling better which only happens when the fever is broken. For now I am going to get some sleep. Will update more tonight.
Here is a picture from this morning.

I was hoping to be posting about Mason’s soccer prowess complete with pictures from this past weekend. Instead I am trying to sleep on the pull out couch in the hospital. After another great day for Cutler, he woke up tonight around 8:30 and started to vomit for about an hour. Around 12:30 he finally had a fever and we were in the hospital 30 minutes later. For now they have drawn blood for cultures and other fun tests and so the waiting game begins. Cutler’s fever got to 102.2 before giving him Tylenol and he is now hooked back up to the iv pole for fluids and antibiotics. Will post more as I learn more. In the mean time, please pray that this is only a short stay and a reminder that although he is a superbaby, he is not invincible. Also pray for strength for Mason who has been concerned about Cutler going back to the hospital and especially for Melanie who is unfortunately out of town for work and will hopefully be home tomorrow night.