Unpredictable

Remember the last post about our longest stay home? Well this post could be called the shortest stay home. Wednesday during dinner Luke was being his funny little self. I was laughing so hard at him teasing Isaac. Less than 2 minutes later Luke got goosebumps all over his body and started shaking like crazy and clinging to me saying owie owie. He acted like he had a hard time catching his breath. I checked his temp and he had a fever of 101. Lukie continued to act funny after about 5 minutes and I checked his temp again, his time his fever was 103.5. Not good! Especially since he is still on IV antibiotics from his last blood infection that started exactly 2 weeks before (even the exact same time, kind of weird). I took him to the after hours doctor. To tell you the truth I think he kind of blew me off and thought I was crazy thinking he had a line infection while still on antibiotics. Remember when Lukie was little and the on call doctor did not look at Lukie's medical history and gave him a shot of rocefin for an ear infection which resulted in liver problems, ya this was the same guy! I requested to go the the hospital for blood work and cultures, and they sent me home to wait for the regular lab results. At 11:00 at night the dr called and said labs didn't look too bad, somethings were a little elevated more than he would like but we could stay home and do our own antibiotics and follow up with our regular doc in the morning. I finished Lukie's meds and went to bed around midnight. Lukie always sleeps with us so I can keep a close eye on him. At 12:30 Lukie stats breathing very heavy, 1:00 chills all over his body crying owie owie clinging to me having a hard time catching his breath. Luke continues to be fussy and uncomfortable, we debated about taking him straight to the hospital but don't know what to do with the older boys. About 2:30 while rocking him in the rocking chair poor little Lukie acts like he can't control his body, he is very scared , something is REALLY bad going on in his sweet little body, he lets out a blood curling scream and goes into convulsions (probably due to the fever of 104.7 at this point). I scream and Mike comes running. I have not been that scared in my life, I can't even explain what happened. We knew he needed to get to the hospital fast but don't dare drive him an hour drive to the children's hospital (the on call doc suggested if this got worse on go to (PCMC). Mike called 911 and an ambulace to transport us. His heart rate was 215 (his normal rate is around 120), temp 104.7, very shaky and had a hard time catching a breath. While in the ambulance the on call doc called me to inform me the cultures had already grown bacteria and was afraid the infection was pretty sevier. I told him what had happened and he felt very bad. Anyway here we still sit at PCMC waiting to see if we can save Lukie's central line. We are not sure what the bug is yet but it is a gram - which comes on very suddenly and can be very scary. Lukie is now stable, his fever is gone and pulse is in the normal range. Poor little guy is scared to death to be here. I hope things will clear up soon. Thanks for all of the prayers and keep them coming. We love you all!

getting some fresh air outside

Lukie loves taking the baby for a walk