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Thoughts from Quito

I should call this 'thoughts from Quito'. I'm ready for both of us to get back to Shell. I thought we might be able to head back to Shell yesterday, but it was not to be. Because Dustin's fever still hadn't come down, they didn't want to release him. At about 9 AM the doctor came in and took the drain out of Dustin's knee. That's given him a bit more freedom. Later in the afternoon I had them disconnect him from the IV machine and took him around in a wheelchair.

It turns out he has staph aureus, or a blood infection. The mystery is where the staph is coming from, as he's been on IV antibiotics since last Sunday evening. They took out his IV and are culturing both that and the drain that was in the knee. He has a new IV farther up his arm near his elbow. Later in the afternoon yesterday he spiked another fever, and that was discouraging for both of us. Mike and his dad came by to play a couple games with him, but he was sleeping. Later, just before visiting hours were over, Mike and Joan came by with a chocolate milkshake for him. Also, at 3 PM Pam had brought him a burger and fries from McDonalds but he felt good enough only to eat the fries.

We ended the day by doing a little bit of school work and watching some videos. We both enjoyed cool runnings, and it was good to hear him laughing. We don't often watch TV together, and it was good for us to just hang out together.