Saturday, July 14, 2007

Can you believe it?

This week has been such a trial. Austin had a very bad headache Wednesday and Thursday and after his allergy medicine didn't work and he started getting funny feelings in his face, we ended up at Hershey Medical Center. That is cutting a long story short. He has seen his regular pediatrician, a Neurologist, Numerous Residents, a Surgeon, and 3 doctors in the last couple of days. He has a CT Scan, blood tests, Spinal Tap, and a PIC line put in. We are now home and he will be on antibiotics for the next month at least. Matt and I both were trained in on how to administer the meds each day. Austin has been through such an ordeal. His diagnosis is Lyme Menengitis. We were to leave for Arkansas Friday but we will be running a couple of days late. Austin feels he's ready for travel and they have set us up with enough meds to last the trip. The Doc feels it's okay for him to travel. The nurses don't think he should. We asked Austin how he felt and he said he really wanted to go so we're going to try it. He is going to undergoing alot in the next few months. I'm sure he would appreciate a card in the mail. I'm hoping he will use some of this time to draw. He used to draw alot and loved trying with different pencils but school was real busy the last 2 years and he hasn't done as much as he had.

3 comments:

robert said...

Hi Matt and Laurie,

Arlene and I are praying for you and Austin here in Belize.

Have agood time in Arkansas!

Andrea said...

Laurie,
Sharron told me about Austin, this past weekend, I have been praying for him and will continue to, and for your family as well!

Andrea Sickler

JenLo said...

That is terrible news about Austin! I had no idea. Did he get a tick bite?