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Day 4 @ 7:30 pm

Samuel had a rough day. His fever spikes each time the IV Tylenol wears off. He mostly just sleeps. They have him on an array of antibiotics including Vancomycin. They are not fooling around and went straight to the strongest antibiotics in hope of stopping the infection before the cultures even tell us what kind of infection he has. His heart beat is elevated still, but not as high as it was earlier today. His eyes hurt and they had an ophthalmologist come by and look at his eyes. They think they may just be dry from the fever etc.  Today they took the wound vac off because they want to see the wound and watch it closely for infection. He has staples down his entire midline. There must be close to 100 of them. I guess I should have been expecting that, but I wasn't. One of his IV's stopped working today too. They are going to use the other two until they have to put this one back in again. His tummy still hasn't woken up yet, so he has not been able to have any food or water by mouth yet. He's very swollen, but because he was so thin he actually looks kind of like he did before his accident. It makes him look healthy again, but it is just fluids from the surgery.  The doctors come in our room every few minutes. If he doesn't take a turn for the better, we will be returning to ICU.  Your prayers are greatly appreciated. Obviously the battle is not over, but Samuel is continuing to fight with everything in him.  We appreciate all the prayers.