Infection

They found that Leo's got a staph infection. That's what's been causing all the chaos. So the good news is that they have narrowed down the cause for infection, so he is down to one antibiotic (rather than the 6 he was on earlier in the week). But because of the infection, they now have to take out his central line, which they will do today. The bad news is that he will be here at least until early next week. He was really hoping to be home to celebrate father's day with the girls this weekend. So we will just have to do another celebration another time. As long as nothing else comes in this weekend, we can hope he'll be home by next week. He had a bone marrow biopsy yesterday and the doctors are hoping to learn more about what's going on in his body with those results. Those will be available by tomorrow. Other than the staph infection, they have not seen anything else in his tests that would indicate other types of infections. After leaving the hospital, he will still be on antibiotics for another 4 weeks.

As of today, his WBC count hasn't come up at all. He is still at 0.1. They've given him several units of platelets yesterday and today to pump up his platelet count. They generally wait it much higher when he has to undergo any sort of procedure as the lower count will increase his risk for bleeding. So he's getting another platelet now and then they will take out his line.

Thanks to Larry for coming by today to donate platelets and hang out a bit! :)