Room 636....

.....at Barbara Bush Children's Hospital has an odd grip on us Taylors. It was five weeks and one day ago that James was given this room as we prepared for his surgery. And tonight it's from where I type this entry. There are 48 kids being treated here tonight. All the rooms in the inn are taken. And we ended up in the exact same room. Whoa.

Long story short, James began spiking a fever yesterday. His temp got to the point that last night that the doctors at the MCCP clinic advised us to take JT to the emergency room and have blood cultures drawn and possibly get an antibiotic. James went to the hospital and both were done. He was sent home later that night with the instructions to follow up with MCCP and to watch the temp.

This morning we went to rad-therapy but JT maintained his temperature. During his therapy Jenn called MCCP and just before noon they called back and asked that he be brought down to the clinic. At clinic he was accessed, received another round of antibiotics and took a nap. It was during the afternoon that the oncologist decided that it would be best that James be admitted to BBCH until the final results of the prior night's blood cultures came back. The thought was that JT may have an infection around his port. Unfortunately, BBCH was full and Jenn and James had to "wait it out" at the clinic. At around 5pm James was finally admitted and was given his old room.

The good news is that James' temp seems to have dropped and he has a little sparkle in his eye (though that could be the steady diet of Cartoon Network). The cultures are now coming back and the hope is that the bug will soon be identified and we can knock it out sooner rather than later.

But until that time comes we'll rest in the comfort of what seemingly has been our summer camp over the past five weeks, BBCH room 636.

Love to you all,
dct