Saturdays Don't Like Us

Since Garrett has been in the hospital, Saturdays have not been our friend.  Last Saturday Garrett was intubated and got his PICC line.  It was one of the low points of us being here.  But throughout the week he has been getting better little by little everyday.  Then came a really rough night last night.  They have been watching Garrett's hemoglobin levels and this morning they were really low.  So the next course of action was for Garrett to get a blood transfusion.  They also put Garrett on a paralytic which would knock him out completely so that the vent (breathing tube) could help him more and he wouldn't fight it so much.  Because he is now basically paralyzed, they also had to put in a catheter. Once again it felt like our world was falling apart. But once again, as soon as he received his transfusion, he looked so much better.  Definitely not what we were hoping for, but I think it is what his body needs at this time to help him get better!  Garrett has an awesome vein on the side of his head - so that is where they added the IV for his transfusion.

Look at all this stuff on his bed. And if you squint just right you might see Garrett in the middle of it!

Garrett getting his transfusion.

I don't think our boy has room for anything else to be hooked to him!

I know it's a little thing, but I love it when he holds our fingers. He still is in there!

This evening Garrett got his first "bath" since he has been in the hospital.  I am so glad that his nurse let us help out- it was the bright spot of our day!

Shortly after Garrett's bath, the doctor came in to let us know that they found a secondary infection and they are going to start antibiotics.  He will be on Vancomycin for the next 10 to 14 days - again, not what we wanted.  I think we are learning that with RSV it is all about baby steps - that little by little Garrett is going to get over this virus.  Sometimes it is just hard waiting for those steps to come.