Day +24: CT Scan

Last night was eventful. Around 2:30, Kal woke up with a fever of about 39.4. I was up from then until past 5 trying to help him cool down. His breathing was rapid as well, and with those two things combined, the nurse asked another nurse as well as the tech to come in with her and observe him. When explaining why she had them come in, she said, "When a patient gets this sick, well, we worry." Oh, my heart sunk. I kept thinking, "What do you mean, 'this sick'??" My stomach was turning in knots. Luckily, after a while, he settled back down again and his temperature went down a little enough for him to settle back to sleep. I forced myself to sleep because I knew I may have a busy day ahead of me.

Too hot with a fever, so we put an ice pack on his chest and a wet washcloth on his head  to cool him down.

Kal slept well after that, for the most part. Later in the morning, he was awake and alert, and his fever even broke. The doctors ordered a CT scan to be done, due to him still having fevers and they did not know the cause of them. Kal did so wonderful during the CT scan, the best a patient could do! Thankfully, I was allowed to be in the room right next to him during the whole process. When I saw his little body on that huge table, strapped down, and going through that huge machine, I almost lost it. My sweet little baby has already been through so much, and now this? What will they find? Do I even hope for them to find anything, or not? If they find something, that means they know a direction to help treat it. But, that also means the cause is serious enough to blatantly show the problem on a CT scan. If they don't find anything, then that means maybe whatever is going on isn't as bad as we thought, yet we're still sitting in the dark not knowing what to do next.

Sort of awake for this picture- a little tipsy from his medicine, haha

He's just so... little, compared to this huge machine.

Later in the day, his fever spiked again. The results of the CT scan came back as well. They said they didn't learn much more that they already knew. Kal has some inflammation here and there, but nothing significant and in one area. They expected some inflammation anyway due to what his body has already been through. There was a little bit of inflammation around his bladder, though, and they ordered a urine test for a certain type of virus that may be causing that. But, on the other hand, they said that virus alone can cause fevers, but not fevers as high as Kal has been experiencing. Also, a lab result came back positive that kind of tells markers for a possible fungal infection. I don't know exactly how it works, but apparently it doesn't mean he actually has a fungal infection- it's just possible. They will be doing that blood test over again on Monday to see if those numbers have changed-whether being higher and indicating we caught a fungal infection early before it was detected on the CT scan, or whether it is the same or lower, possibly meaning he didn't have an infection? Something like that. They may also do another CT scan on Monday if his fevers persist to re-check and make sure there is no fungal infection somewhere.

Kal had a fever most of the day until about 7 p.m., when it broke again. His temperature is still down as of now. Perhaps he is done with his fevers? We can only hope and pray that is so!

Loving every cuddle moment I can get with this guy