Wow, what a difference a day makes. I walked into the room and it was a completely different situation. Archie had a mild headache and no neaseua. He has slept through the night as well. He was alert, talkative and feeling good. He has simple staph and was put on a new antibiotic last night. The infection was the same strand all over the shunt that was pulled. Archie will probably be put on IV antibiotics for four weeks, he might be sent home with an IV and he will be able to hook up the antibiotics. He did not have any fluid drain from his external shunt last night which might mean he does not need another shunt put in. Basically his head is processing the fluid correctly now. The neurosurgeon will monitor the external shunt for a couple more days and then he might send him home without a shunt. If that happens he will go for periodic CT scans and get blood pulled to make sure everything is working properly. So things changed completely in 24 hours and it was a welcomed relief.
Thank you to Trey, Matt, Chris, Trent, Jimmy S, and Shawn for coming to visit Archie today.
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