RECAP

For those of you who have not heard the full story, here is a recap. Watson was born July 15th 8pounds 12ounces. He had a fairly traumatic entry to the world. When he was born he had labored breathing and a high fever. He was rushed to the NICU to start antibiotics due to his fever. The fear of newborns with fevers is that the infection will spread into the cerebro-spinal fluid (the fluid that bathes the brain and spinal cord). An infection in this area can be very dangerous as you can imagine. The night of the 15th Watson was given a spinal tap and a chest x-ray. The x-ray revealed he had a slight pnuemothorax of the the lung. The spinal tap consisted of drawing fluid from his spinal column and testing it for bacteria/infection. The results of the spinal tap caused the dr. to diagnose Watson with meningitis (a very emotional moment for us). Dr. Macdad said that she thought that they caught/began treatment early enough to avoid long term effects. So the treatment was to begin a 14 day course of antibiotics and pray that the cultures would come back negative and that the fever would subside. Since that first night it has been a rollercoaster with victories and defeats. The victories were that the fever subsided within 24 hours and Watson began to breath completely on his own with in 24 hours. The scary stuff had to do with his antibiotic delivery. Apparently Watson is a very tough "stick" and IV's were becoming a quick issue. The plan was to do a "PIC Line" (i think i butchered the spelling) that would be a stable line to run antibiotics for the 2 weeks. After two seperate failures the decision was made to put a line in his little neck that would involve a little surgery. This was a tough day because he had little bruises all over his head and arms were they tried to run the lines. Thursday morning a new Dr. came in to do the surgery, and it was a success thank the lord. Since that time Watson has really flourished, he is eating great and sleeping like a champ. So at this point we are just praying that the medicine does what it is supposed to do and that Watson continues to flourish. We recognize that what happens to Watson is out of our hands, but we thank you for praying to the One who is sovereign and good on his behalf, He is very near.