Brody has been feeling better today than he did yesterday. He has not had any very high fevers since early this morning. His urine looked like pure blood (more than I have ever seen following surgery for stent or nephrostomy tubes) yesterday and this morning. This evening his urine is starting to look much more clear (not thick and bloody).
Brody is still very weak and tired though. He needs help sitting up and getting in and out of bed. He keeps saying, "why does my body feel so weird. " He was having some headaches tonight and nausea. He really hasn't eaten much of anything today. Hopefully he continues to get better and his appetite and strength will return soon.
The infectious disease doc stopped by earlier today and let us know that each of the urine cultures that have been collected have been reported back as gram negative rods. The blood cultures are clear. It appears he is definitely dealing with a gram negative infection and it was not just a contaminate of the urine collected from the tube. The nurse told me this morning that the urine culture from his nephrostomy tube was positive for E. Coli. The infectious disease doctor said they are not sure yet if it's E. Coli. So far they just know it's a gram negative rod and they "presume it's E. Coli. "
Brody will get repeat labs and cultures tomorrow. Here's to hoping for negative cultures and improved kidney function.
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