Right before we left for the hospital today I got a good look at Warren's whole left arm. It was swollen from the bicep area to down below the elbow. The injection site was high up on his shoulder. No one suggested we look at his whole arm. So we went to NIH and they admitted him to the hospital this evening. They aren't sure what's actually wrong with him. They've ruled out a blod clot and an abscess. They also don't think its was from the flu shot and the pneumonia vaccine (terribly coincidental that it all began 2 hours after those two shots don't you think?) They are thinking now its some kind of infection and he's on 3 types of antibiotics via IV. One doctor thought it looked like a strep infection of the skin (since this morning the skin on his arm has gotten red). He's been looked at by surgeons, infectious disease specialists...just about everyone at NIH today. Next year we are opting for Flu instead of the shot.
I was supposed to fix Thanksgiving dinner in lieu of my sister-in-law whose family is sick, but I've called everyone now and postponed Thanksgiving to an undetermined date when Warren is out of the hospital.
I'll be going to the hospital tomorrow to spend the day with him. He's not allowed to eat right now in case they have to do surgery (what surgery I have no idea at this point). So Thanksgiving is going to be a total washout from a food standpoint anyway. Perhaps tomorrow they'll know what kind of bug it is and can narrow down the focus of the antibiotics so that he can switch over to oral meds. Maybe then I can spring him by Friday.
I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
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