Two weeks 5 days old - Morning

Written September 20, 2013 12:53pm

Andrew took today off so we were able to both attend rounds this morning. Today is the last day with our Attending and Fellow. As Women and Children's is a teaching hospital, the Attendings and Fellows rotate each month. I will really miss the first people that helped develop and watch over Evan. I know the new team will be equally awesome, but it's still a little scary to think that someone new; someone that doesn't have 19 days of Evan knowledge is going to be taking over his care. Thankfully, we were able to meet the new Fellow today. She seems great and I think she'll quickly learn that Andrew and I like to be as involved as we can. As I've mentioned before, I take copious notes during rounds and anytime we learn something new. As one of the residents asked last night "Is there anything you don't track?"

Evan doesn't have any IV line right now. All meds and fluids are being administered through the PICC line. It's really nice to see his limbs (and head!) free of an IV. He looked so content this morning.

As the doctors have done all week - Evan's feeds were increased again. He'll receive 10 mL for the day shift and 11 mL on the night shift.

Pending the last culture, Evan will start the steroid therapy tomorrow. It's a 9 day course. The doctors and nurses have said that steroids work wonders and we should see improvement even within a day. For those of you that are worried about Evan's future Yankee career - the steroids that he's receiving are not the same that Arod and others took. He can still play professional sports with a clean record. :)