Daniel is getting a PICC Line

I just spoke with Mark and Laura and they said that Daniel has to get a PICC line (Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter) tomorrow morning at 9am. They are going to put him under anesthesia to place it. For those of you who are not familiar with a PICC line - it is a flexible tube designed to provide direct access to the bloodstream and can be used for many medical procedures. Daniel will be in the hospital until Thursday or Friday. They anticipate that Daniel will need IV antibiotics from home for about two weeks. A home health nurse will instruct Laura on how to administer the antibiotics and flush his line with Heparin to make sure there are no clots in the line. The medical team is insisting on IV antibiotics to ensure that Daniel doesn't get a brain infection or any kind of infection in the bone.

Please continue praying for Mark, Laura, Daniel and the rest of the family.

Update from Mark and Laura re: Daniel

We called Children's Neuro dept. yesterday, because there was swelling and some blood oozing out of Daniels incision, they said bring him in immediately. Once there, they confirmed an infection and admitted him. They did a CT scan of the head at 1:00 this morning, with the intention of surgically opening the incision back up today, cleaning it out and re-stitching it back up. Providentially, the CT scan showed only a superficial infection which can be treated by antibiotics, and LORD willing, he will be released sometime today once the culture that identifies what type of bacteria we're dealing with, has been returned from the lab.

Continue to pray that God will indeed receive all the glory in all things.
Mark
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I spoke with Laura this morning and she said that Daniel is on two IV full-spectrum antibiotics until the doctors know what is causing the infection and then they can use the specific antibiotic that works best against it.