Drew continues to look and act healthy. A great sight. We were switched to a more "normal" antibiotic and cultures were not growing. Notice I said "were". Last night about 8PM they knocked on the door--bacteria had grown from the cultures taken yesterday morning. This morning the infectious disease and hematology/oncology team have narrowed the infection down to one lumen of his central line. So now the plan is to treat the line--by filling it with an antibiotic when its not being used, and going back to the stronger antibiotic in general for Drew. They hope this will clear the line and we'll start to see negative cultures by tomorrow. If not, then we may have to replace the line again (remember we just did that 2 weeks ago). Pray we can have success with treating the current line for the infection without having to do the surgery to replace it again! This latest development have caused the doctors to abandon the plan to harvest Drew's stem cells this cycle. The plan is to do it after round 4 now. Which they hope will not be delayed by this infection (scheduled currently for a week from tomorrow). I am told the delay in collection isn't necessarily bad, but after another round of chemo it might take more then one collection to get the number of stem cells they need. Pray that round 4 isn't delayed, and that looking ahead we can get this harvest done next cycle!
We are now expecting to be here through the holiday weekend for sure. I have come to accept that, and am making plans for our family Easter dinner here. I've reserved a conference room and between crockpots and microwaves, along with jello salads, dinner rolls, and deviled eggs coming from Iowa, we should have a pretty delicious family celebration. My family whom we usually celebrate Easter with is planning on bringing my 94 year old Grandma up on Sunday. This year our Easter may be totally different then "usual", but after I thought about it, it would have been far from usual anyway. We don't need to be in any specific place, or eating specific food to make Easter Easter. Celebrating the Death and Resurrection of Jesus can happen wherever you are, and as long as you are with ones you love, it will be perfect.
Until the next update everyone!
~Heidi
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