Back to the hospital....twice!

Well, our time at home was short-lived. On Thursday 12/20, per the doctor's orders, I brought Samuel to the ER. He had had a low grade fever since leaving the hospital on Tuesday evening. He was just wiped out. His lab results showed that he was really needing to be dialyzed. If you remember, his ash split catheter was removed back on 12/12 when he was in the ICU with a fever. He has not had dialysis since the 12th. In order for Samuel to be dialyzed, he needed to have some type of access. They couldn't put another ash split catheter in on Thursday because he has been on anticoagulants that would make the risk of bleeding too great. So on Thursday evening, they put in an IJ Quinton catheter instead. It is very similar to the ash split except that it goes directly into the jugular vein in the side of his neck. It is very uncomfortable. Samuel was dialyzed on Friday morning..........

Gotta run.........I'll finish this post later. Bottom line is we came back to the ER at 6:30 this morning. We're currently in dialysis, but on our way to the ICU. Samuel is quite ill, but the doctors don't know why. They are running every test they can think of. I'll write again when I can.

Please pray.