Scott is Home!

Hey Everyone! Scott is home! Yippie. They wanted to watch one more day for a fever, so they finally let him go today at 5:30. His blood pressure was still low, but they pumped him with fluids and told me as long as his fever did not exceed 100 he was good to go. He ended up having a Urinary Tract Infection, Pnemonia (which I guess he still has for up to 2 months?), and a bowel infection that more than likely he got in the hospital. They sent us home with an antibiotic and instructions that he take it easy until his next chest x-ray in a month. Also, he has to religiously, for the rest of his life, breath into this inhaler thing to prevent pnemonia. So all of you that see him must help me nag him on this, because I think we are in for a lot more of these infections followed by pnemonia if we are not on top of this breathing thing. Thanks for all of your loving prayers and thoughts. I appreciate it more than you will all ever know.Love,Wendy

Update on Scott's Hospitalization!

Hi Everyone, I don't know too much right now....they finally put Scott in a room at 10 PM and got him on his "special" mattress and everything situated for him. They still are not sure what kind of infection he has...the biggest thing is when they did his blood cultures this morning it showed very high white blood count which also is septic???? I don't know what this all means, but for sure there is an infection in his body somewhere. At this point we are hoping it is a Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) because this is very common in quadrapalegics and can be treated easily. At this time though, they are not sure. It could also be his wound (which I don't think it is because I treat it and see it 2x a day and it has only looked better) or lungs, they did a chest x-ray, so we will see. They also have him on isolation as a precaution which also means the boys cannot visit. They don't even know he is in the hospital yet, so I am so bummed that they can't go see him. It does look like he will be there for at least 3-5 days. Please continue to pray, I have a feeling we are in for a lot more infections in the years to come, this first one is scary, though!!! I just want Scott to feel good for more than one day!!!! By the way, he is already teasing the nurses, so at least his sense of humor is in tact!!!! And he is making Steelers bets with the guys at the hospital......football!!! Yikes.Thank you all so much for ALWAYS being here for me. I do appreciate it and love you so much!Love,Wendy

Back in Hospital

I received a voice mail this morning from Scott's brother, Danny Dalton. He said Scott had to go back to the hospital due to some "blood issues". I will post more information as I receive it.

--Paul