Wednesday

Jackson is as cute as ever today. The final results of his pacemaker infection came back this morning--it is not MRSA. It is a staphylococcus aureus ("staph"), but it is not resistant to antibiotics. We were delighted to hear this...much more treatable than MRSA. The infection is in the pacemaker pocket in his abdomen, as well as in his blood stream. He spiked another high fever last night (almost 103). He did not have a fever today, and we're waiting to see how he does tonight. In the morning they will recheck his white blood cell count. Jackson's surgeon said if he continues to spike fevers and his white blood cell count is up then they will consider the pacemaker infected and go ahead with the plan to replace it. We are praying this might not be necessary. He was obviously uncomfortable this morning--squirmy and having trouble relaxing, even though he loved being held. They gave him some extra medicines for this and they worked wonderfully. We are praying this discomfort would resolve. It is most likely due to the new location of his pacemaker--hopefully his little body can quickly adjust to the change. One very encouraging detail is Jackson is only on one liter of oxygen now and his oxygen saturations are perfect! It is so wonderful to see him breathing comfortably and without extra effort.