Jaden got really sick right before Thanksgiving, and it just got worse & worse. I told them right away that I thought it was his Port-a-cath line, because it had been in for almost 3 years this March. They said they thought it was viral. :( We kept taking him into the ER, 6B, & Hemock Clinic for IV antibiotics & IVIG... but it still got worse. Finally, Jaden's temp hit 104.9 and continued to rise. They admitted him again, and gave him the strongest antibiotics via IV possible. Nothing would help, and it seemed as if we were going to loose Jaden after all this fighting the cancer... due to a secondary infection. His immune system just wasn't strong enough to fight, and nothing was helping to keep the infection from returning. With all the infection, we couldn't give Jaden his daily oral chemo... which included his radioactive chemo for the PH Chromosome. We are praying that this didn't cause Jaden yet more issues with remission!!
Finally, we got them to take the line out! WE had every doc there from infection control, to Endocrine... and they all eventually agreed that it had to be the line. Thank God!!! So, in the end... they came in on Christmas Eve and said,"Mrs. Willhite, it looks like it was his line!" I was happy that this trial was finally coming to an end, but sad that our son had to almost die before they would listen to me!! Regardless, we praise God for his recovery!!! They put in a picc line and sent us home to finish his IV meds. He seems to be doing well now, and we are preparing for the next Chemo on the 19th. Please pray that Jaden will reach full remission soon, as this March will be 36 months of chemo for him. He is our little trooper, but we are all ready to start the healing process.
God bless & thank you!~ Heath
PS: Thank you Grammy DD, for all the help while we were in-hospital & home!
Love you! XOXOXOXOXO
