CT Scan Results

Nathan had his CT scan this morning and we received the results. The swelling in the brain has subsided and he will no longer need to take the medicine that was treating that. I also apparently misunderstood what happened during his surgery. I thought they cleaned out and removed the abscess but they actually just drained it. The abscess therefore, is still there but it is smaller. He will have to be on antibiotic therapy indefinitely to treat it and have routine scans to check progress. He is down to one antibiotic and they changed his anti-seizure medicine to one that he can take orally.

He also had an echocardiogram (an ultrasound of his heart) but we do not have the results of that yet.

Nathan is doing well though. Today he was tired all day but that was a result of not sleeping well last night. He is actually starting to say new words which I was pleasantly surprised to hear. One is, "hello" and "I want some." Nathan's vocabulary is very limited and I suspect he might need speech therapy at some point. But it was so nice to hear him say new things. I wonder if the abscess has anything to do with his speech. I will have to ask. He also asked for Isabel a few times today (he calls her Bel). Very cute.

The doctor's are thinking that Nathan will probably be able to go home on Wednesday. I am so happy that we are so close to bringing him home. I look forward to him getting uninterrupted sleep and hopefully resting will speed his recovery. It will be great for him too because he's always anxious when people come into the room, especially when he's sleeping. So many reasons to get him home!

I will hopefully update the results of his echo tomorrow. I think they are looking to see if there is still any bacteria on his aortic valve. The cardiologist did say that his heart is the least of his problems right now. I guess that's good and bad. At any rate, we are praying for complete healing for our little guy and believe God is hearing us and all of those who are lifting him up!