Day 15 - Stupid Bacteria
1/14/21 - Thursday Morning : Baby James will be 2 weeks old today. He had another rough night. His FIO2 is up to 60%. He got a new doctor today, since they shift every week. The results from his urine culture came back negative. They will do a saliva sample today to test that for a bacteria infection. But his blood culture did come back positive for an infection. The antibiotics that he is on should help and they will test him again today or tomorrow to be sure it’s working. They will add 1-2 tbsp of milk slowly to see how his digestion cooperates. The infection could have happened from a number of things, including the tube in his throat, the removal of the umbilical line, the IV, human interaction... lots of variables for the cause. Similar to grown-ups, lots of ways to get an infection. Due to his size, they are taking all the precautions needed to eliminate the bacteria ASAP and not waiting for test results, hence why they started the antibiotics prior to the c...