Update on Samuel

Samuel came home from the hospital on Friday evening.  It took until Friday afternoon to get the sensitivity cultures back to know which antibiotics would work best to treat the kind of infection Samuel has.   He has been on several IV antibiotics that were broad spectrum, but they needed to know what antibiotic would actually work best to treat him. 

On the way home from the hospital, we had a minor car accident and now we are without the Highlander until it is repaired.  Thankfully everyone was safe.   Houston traffic it is a nightmare!

Saturday was a pretty painful day for Samuel, but he managed by sleeping a lot.   On Sunday morning he woke up and spent the majority of the day throwing up. He felt horrible!  By evening he was feeling much better though and he has been feeling pretty good ever since. The pain seems much more manageable than before and having one less tube appears to be working so far. The key to success with having one less tube is that the other three tubes continue to work properly so that fluids do not pool and create an abscess.  

We've been so busy since we got home and it has been hard to take the time to write an update.  We are blessed to share such a good update though!  Samuel is making progress and getting better.  He continues to take two steps forward and one step back, but in the long run that's still progress forward. Thanks for praying for him and our family.