Everything happens for a reason....right?!

Well you know what they say, everything happens for a reason.  Well as I sit here, wondering what the reason is and why Brayden had to go to the hospital today.  The only thing I can think of,  if we didn't act fast on all of this, it could have been much worse and we could have had a repeat from round 1 and ended up in Chicago for an emergency surgery to get the expanders out.  So I guess I need to stay positive and know being in the hospital is a good thing right now.

After I emailed Dr. Bauer pictures this morning, he responded right away to take him to the hospital for IV antibiotics.  He said if the doctor as Banner Desert, has any questions to call him on his cell phone, he will be around all day.  Wow, how awesome of a doctor is he?! It makes me feel better knowing even though Dr. Bauer is far away in Chicago, he is only a phone call away when needed.

Here's some pictures of his red expander, as you can see, much worse then last night

 

Once Dr. Bauer said to head to the hospital, Geoffrey and Brayden were off.  The moment Brayden stepped foot in the hospital the poor boy was crying non stop.  He knew something was up.  It took the nurse over 6 times to get a good vein to put the IV, Brayden was not happy about this and screaming bloody murder.  They also put a catheter on him, which he hated.  Once the IV was finally in, they gave him some pain meds and he started to feel a little better and stop crying as much.  

The nurse took his blood and guess what?! She dropped the test tube on the way to the lab, so they had to come come and draw more blood.  I swear, can we ever have any good luck come our way? 

After the pain meds kicked in, they called Dr. Bauer and he said to start giving him some antibiotics by IV.  They said they wanted to keep Brayden overnight for a day or 2 and see how he's doing.  They want to make sure his body fights off this virus in his body before sending him home. 

Thank you everyone for your support today, means a lot to us, especially since our family is so far away.  Nice knowing so many people are praying for our little guy! 

And on a funny note, Brayden pointed to his diaper bag today and Geoffrey asked him, "Brayden what do you want?" And he pointed to the bag again and then pointed to the door, poor baby wants to get the heck out of the hospital and go home!

Despite everything this little guy has been through today, look at how brave he is! He melts my heart with his smile....proud to be his momma!