Update on Joe

Joseph did not sleep well at all last night. His body ached and his foot and leg were in a lot of pain. The doctor had marked where the infection line was with pen at the time he left the instacare. With the IV that he had he should it should have decreased, but when we checked this morning he had red streaks all up his leg, which was a sign that the infection had spread. He was going to take Aaron to a soccer practice and then head to get more of the IV treatment, but we felt like he needed to go immediately to the doctor. The doctors were baffled that it had spread, and they were also baffled that he felt as good as he did considering how bad the infection was. They decided to give him a stronger antibiotic called invanz. He had his good friend, Paul, who is an ER doctor do a conference call with him and the other doctor and they all agreed that he would need more antibiotic and possibly a stronger dose of an antibiotic called vancomycin via IV every 12 hours. They didn't have it there, so they agreed to have him do the invanz and see how his body responded to that and then decided later in the afternoon if he should go to the ER to get the stronger antibiotic.

After receiving the IV he headed to the state capital to watch the Tour of Utah Criterium races. I can't pin that guy down. We were all supposed to go as a family, but I had a few baby showers today that I wanted to attend, so the plan was for him to take the kids. When we found out he had to stop to get the IV we decided to have the kids stay with me today. He's in heaven watching the races, and I feel okay about it because he's taking it easy and Paul is there with him monitoring the lines of the infection. I'll find out soon if he has to do the IV of vancomycin or if the previous treatments seem to have taken care of it. Crazy the weird things that can happen to our bodies. He says it gives him empathy for all of the patients that come to his building. Many come with these same types of illnesses and infection. Now he can have REAL empathy pain. I hope he gets better soon.