The past month has been horrid. I ended up taking a break from blogging as I just couldn't relive everything all over again.
We ended up being admitted to the IWK 5 weeks in total. The first week was on observation and to figure out what was up with Benjamin. By the end of the first week it was clear he had osteomylitis of his jaw. As from our previous post they attempted discharge and home care but that didn't work so the remaining 4 weeks were spent in hospital on IV medications.
I ended up having Harrison with me for the last 3 and a half weeks once a bigger room was available. It was fantastic having him there but it is hard enough to be in hospital with one child let alone a second who doesn't need to be there and doesn't really get what is going on.
We were finally discharged last Saturday on just his reflux medications. The ID doctors don't feel oral antibiotics will do much/if anything at all.
As of right now we are being seen 4 times a week by someone (either the family doctor or pediatric doctor here or one of the MANY clinics in the city) and having weekly labs done to follow his inflammation markers. Should ANYTHING show up at anytime it means readmission for at least another 4 weeks of treatment. *SIGH*
So that's where we are at. The boys both have immunizations at the end of the week so as always the overwhelming stream of visits continues....
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