Post-Surgery Update

Archie was taken back into surgery around 11 am this morning.  They removed the shunt and put in an external drain in his head again.  Everything went according to plan and he slept the afternoon away.  We got moved back to our 4th floor ICU hangout, although not the same corner suite room. Archie was excited to see all his nurse girlfriends again.  The infectious disease doctor informed us that he had a bacterial meningitis in his shunt, which is why it needed to be removed.  They did a sonogram on his liver and his kidney since he had stomach issues for so many days.  They did testing for influenza to make sure he didn't the flu.  He will be treated with antibiotics once they figure out what strain of bacteria it is.  Archie was given three different types of antibiotics to start working on the infection.  I headed home during shift change and plan to go to bed at 8:15 tonight at my Dallas residence.