Stahlke Adoption

Doing Better

Jonathan's father has been receiving antibiotics and IV fluids since he arrived in the emergency room on Tuesday. Within 24 hours, his fever broke, which is great news. The infection is in his left leg below the knee. It's a bacterial skin disease called cellulitis, which can spread quickly and become life-threatening. He has had cellulits before, and has taken a low dose of antibiotics for many months. That tells us how much the chemo has weakened his immune system.

According to my searching on the internet, strep and staph are the two most common bacteria that cause cellultis. In our phone calls and texts with family in Texas, no one has mentioned the doctors discussing MRSA, but my reading on the internet mentions that the MRSA type of staph is on the rise in cellulitis cases.

I'll give you more news as we receive it, but the best information is that Jonathan's father is responding quickly to treatment.

posted by Stahlkes @ 4:42 PM