2005 Journal Entries
| June 23rd - Archie is admitted to the Hospital. |
| June 24th - Thanks for your e-mails and phone calls. |
| June 26th - Archie is improving. |
| June 27th - Archie is acting himself. |
| June 28th - Archie is doing well. |
| June 29th - Dr. Hayes scheduled a bone marrow aspiration. |
| June 30th - The bone marrow aspiration brought good news today. |
| July 1st - Archie was very much himself today. |
| July 11th - Archie was readmitted to the hospital tonight. |
| July 13th - I am exhausted. |
| July 14th - Archie started chemotherapy today. |
| July 17th - Archie started his fourth day of chemotherapy. |
| July 19th - Archie has been so pleasant the past few days. |
| July 21st - Little Man continues to be a maverick. |
| July 25th - Archie may get to come home tomorrow. |
| July 26th - We came home today. For about three hours. |
| July 27th - Good news today. |
| July 31st - Archie spiked a fever Saturday afternoon. |
| August 1st - Back to the operating room. |
| August 9th - Going to see Dr. Stroud today. |
| August 21st - The Blue Screen of Death. |
| August 29th - Archie is doing really well. |
| September 11th - Kit came home from the Hospital. |
| September 27th - Archie got home from the hospital Saturday morning. |
| January 27th, 2006 - Although each day drags by, each month passes so quickly. |
| April 25th, 2006 - Meyer Center for Special Children. |
| July 1st, 2006 - Archie isn’t a baby anymore. |
| Archie went back to the operating room this afternoon |
| by Anne Moore 08/01/2005 |
Archie went back to the operating room this afternoon to have his
Broviac removed. The
blood cultures taken from Archie this morning continued to indicate the presence of an
enterococcal bacterium, so Dr. Stroud and
Dr. LaCroix, an infectious disease specialist,
ordered Archie’s line pulled as soon as possible. “We just can’t risk that bacteria sticking
to Archie’s heart,” Dr. LaCroix remarked.
When Archie’s surgeon consulted with John this morning,
Dr. Gauderer decided he’d rather pull
Archie’s line in the operating room rather than on the floor because Archie is “such an active
baby.” “Dad, this doesn’t mean Archie is bad,” Dr. Gauderer explained. “The procedure is just
easier to perform when younger children are sedated.”
When we took Archie to the operating room three weeks ago he cried, and fussed, and carried
on the whole way there. When we took him to the operating room today Archie chatted with the
transport specialist the entire way, waving to everyone we passed in the halls. Even though there
were several nurses, doctors and respiratory specialists dressed in scrubs, their faces covered,
waiting for Archie outside the OR, he remained entirely unphased. Archie talked and flirted with
them all, and willing went from his grandmother’s arms to the arms of the nurse who carried him inside
the OR. He waved goodbye to my mother and me then, and blew us kisses as we walked away.
“Who was that?” I asked my mother in disbelief.
Hopefully the removal of the Broviac and the antibiotic profile Archie is receiving will treat Archie’s
infection and his blood cultures will read clear tomorrow morning. We obviously want to clear the
infection as soon as possible, but we’d also like to eliminate it so that we can move forward with Archie’s
treatment.
I spoke with Dr. Gauderer in the recovery room after Archie’s procedure was completed. “After the dust settles,
I’ll take him back to the operating room to put in a
port so that he can continue with his treatment,” the
surgeon told me.
Sounds like a plan to me.