Time for an update.  It is now Monday evening.  Jack was sprung from the hospital at 5:15 pm today so we went back to the campsite and will start home tomorrow.

We have strict instructions to get to an ER if he starts to feel grotty again, or the fever comes back.  They have done a lot of eliminating of things and are still leaning to a viral or bacterial infection because of the “inflammatory markers” in his blood and the way his temperature keeps spiking. 

They have done cat scans, x-rays, blood tests, urine cultures, all sorts of goodies. Haven’t found anything wrong in his stomach, bowels, etc. and heaven knows they have been looking.  Results are not back from all of the blood, urine and other tests so they are going to send them on the our doctor at home when they come in.  In the meantime they have given us copies of reports and a CD with images (cat scans/xrays/etc) to carry.

Pretty darn cool.  The treatment continues to impress us.  One of the things I think was really cool was the beds.  They move almost constantly to relieve pressure points, stop bed sores, that sort of thing.  Jack said it was really comfortable.  Another thing was meals.  The nutritionist comes in to discuss your menu, offering three choices, but also saying if you want something else we’ll prepare it for you.  It was like ordering in an upscale restaurant.  And everything was good. 

We were treated so well both at the hospital and the campground that we almost hate to leave.  Almost.  Not quite.  Life awaits at home.  So we are heading east Tuesday morning and going to see how it goes. 

Life it seems is normal.

 Julie

Julie