Josiah Update - Saturday Morning February 21st

Good morning :)

Josiah was discharged last night around 7 PM and we got home some time after 9. He was pretty dozy, but obviously happy to be home ... too happy in fact: he picked up a second wind of energy and played until midnight (thankfully, we had a nurse so we slept while he partied!)

Josiah will continue with antibiotics and ear drops for a few more days. The doctors are pretty convinced that the bizarre behavior he demonstrated was a toxic response to super-high dilantin levels. To give you a sense of how high the levels were, Josiah finally dropped into the very high-end of the normal range last night, 79, but was at 148! Wednesday night.

Josiah's infection is clearing up (white blood cell count has dropped), and he is much more temperate except he is very sensivitve with his fingers (LOTS of blood test pricks) and IV arm. But, we are so grateful that his IV stayed in for almost two days! During his last hospital stay, he had 3 IV's in less than a day because they kept coming out.

Thanks for all the prayers and checking in. It appears it's "life back to normal" for us ;)

Grace & Peace.
- Andrew, Marie & Josiah