Well, after our trip to the ER on Wednesday night and getting a whopping one hour of sleep, we climbed into bed on Thursday night totally exhausted at about 11pm. At 11:05pm, the ER doctor that we had seen the night prior called us to tell us that we needed to bring Zack BACK to the ER for more testing. We had already gotten him to sleep, so we had to wake the poor little guy up and take him back to the ER before midnight.
Apparently, the first blood culture they took was taken in two different vials and one of the vials started growing, meaning there was either bacteria in his blood OR the blood sample had been contaminated. They needed to re-test his blood and give him another shot of antibiotics, since the shot he had received on Wednesday night was only good for 24 hours. We followed the doctor's instructions and went back in for more testing. He was such a trooper, yet again.
After meeting with his primary pediatrician Friday afternoon, she said the second blood culture did not grow anything and, therefore, she thinks the first one must have been contaminated.
Whew!
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