Hi everyone,
We spent the last week in hospital. Some nasty bugs got into Rocky's central line and went straight into his blood stream, causing septis and Rocky became very very ill. As it happens, we were at the hospital getting the monthly IVIG when it occurred. I came into his room at Day Medical Unit and he was freezing cold and shaking and crying. It was so terrifying. You could see he was in alot of pain. It is very serious for Rocky to get an infection of this nature. People with normal immune systems get very very ill if this happens to them. The medical emergency team were called and Rocky has been pumped full of antibiotics for the last week or so. He had fevers of about 40/41 at worst for the first few days. It was really awful. He had emergency surgery the following night to remove the infected line. With no line it was near impossible to get bloods and that was a huge stress for everyone (including poor people trying to get them) but especially our poor little man, who had already been having such a bad time. Once Rocky stablised (no temps etc) he had a new line put in, which he had done the following Wed. Must say the team at RCH were wonderful and very thorough and so Rocky was in good hands.
It absolutely shakes us to the core to know that if we had not been at RCH when it happened, Rocky might not have been so lucky. We are again reminded how fragile this whole situation is. The doctors have said that things went as well as they could have in terms of Rocky's recovery. He is still a bit tender where the new central line went in (it's called a port, and this time it's under the skin - see pic) Thank you to everyone who kept Rocky in their prayers over this time, we know the Man upstairs must be listening because Rocky has really been charmed and for the most part he is almost fully recovered. As for Brett and I, if next time you see us you notice a few more grey hairs, please refrain from telling us LOL!
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