zach update

Today was a little better at times and the same at others. He woke up without a fever and we were so excited, then by 10am, he was running another high fever that tylenol did not touch. Then, at the 2pm mark, he was again very high with his fever and an hour later, he was a normal temp. He actually was awake for about 2 hours today, managed to walk to the bathroom and back, but that was it and it wiped him out.

So...the cultures came back strep A again, which is what he had last round but this time, the strep A just was more full blown in his blood stream. The infectious disease dr states it will take longer to get rid of and that he has been on the right antibiotic from the get go. So, that dr was not worried or alarmed that Zach was still feeling awful and very febrile 48 hours into this and stated that Zach was just very sick. I was beginning to think, as well as the oncology dr, that he may have something else going on as well.....with no immune system things go wrong quickly.
But....at this time.....they are attributing all his symptoms to the strep A.

So...hopefully tomorrow Zach will be doing even better for longer periods of time and maybe want to eat something. One step at a time though.

Thank you for the prayers......you know Zach could have been in the pediatic icu with this, but....he is not and he is slowly improving. God is watching over Him....what else can you say. Please continue to pray for his healing and that all the other threats to him during this time are kept in check.

Thanks and I'll write more tomorrow.

Steph