At 4AM we got the call that we didn’t want to get. “Hello this is the DR from CHLA Elis labs have come back positive for another bacteria infection and he needs to come back ASAP”. We got back right away and have been informed we will be here for a good few days. They haven’t yet figured out what type exactly the infection is and therefore aren’t sure which antibiotics will be best for it. Also since he keeps getting infections they are assuming its from his central line and will need to surgically remove it.

BAH Eli doesn’t need his central line anymore because as of a few days ago we stopped giving him TPN which was the main reason to keep in the line he has now. Once they remove the line he has now he will have on his arm a temporary IV for about 72 hours at which point he will need another surgery to put in a port which is under the skin and much less prone to infections. The reason they need to do this in 2 separate procedures is because since he has an infection now they won’t put the port into a contaminated area and have the same problems again.

We hope in the next 24 hours Eli will have the removal surgery so that we can try moving this process along and start the healing from this infection. The good news is BH Eli has had no fever and his blood pressure has been good to.

Hoping that this is nothing more then a small bump in the road and that we will soon see Elimelech Ben Basya have a refua shelayma. A GUT SHABOS