Tuesday evening update

Jacob was admitted to the Heart Center at 11pm on Monday night.  We were excited to see Dave as Jacob's nurse.  Dave was a favorite from when Jacob had his first pacemaker surgery in October 2010.  He wonderfully taught Jacob how to get in and out of bed in a way that is easy for patients who just had surgery.  Jacob quickly remembered that after this most recent surgery. 

At midnight Jacob went downstairs for a chest Xray.  At 2am Dave drew the blood cultures and started him on the IV antibiotics.  These blood cultures take a few days to grow.  If some bacteria grows from them, then they will know if they need to change his antibiotic regimen.

It really has been a rather quiet day.  Lots of Riley staff in and out.  But mainly low key.  Our nurse was Libby.  She was the one who discharged Jacob last Tuesday, so it was a bit surreal to see her again.  Jacob went down for an ultrasound of the area where his pacemaker is.  With that they are checking to make sure that there is no infection around the pacemaker.  We are still waiting for those results.  No significant fever today but lots of chills and sweats and hot and cold.

At 6:30pm, his temperature suddenly spiked to 102.7F.  The good thing is that he doesn't feel any more miserable than he has.  Now we are waiting for a call back from the docs to determine next steps.  Another good thing is that it is now down to 100.8F at 7:45pm without any medicine.  They are going to get him some tylenol soon.

Jocie spent the night with Tom at a near by hotel last night.  She was fun today and her usual busy self.  I found a perfect place for the two of us to nap, but she wasn't interested in napping.  In fact, she kept waking me up to ask if I was napping.  NaNa picked her up and took her back to their house around 6pm.  Pray that they have a good evening and night.  She loves going there, but it's also hard to not be together.

Tom has posted several pics on the Pics page.  Check them out. 

We are still waiting and hoping for a room at the Ronald McDonald House.  The last call usually comes around 8:30pm so it might not be tonight.  But we can still keep waiting and hoping!

Thanks for your continued prayers.  We are really tired.  Each day I don't think we could possibly be any more tired but each day brings new challenges.  Please keep praying that God will grant rest amidst the craziness and that we will continue to ask Him to renew our minds and keep our hearts clean before Him.  Thanks once again for being along for the ride with us!