The Puddles

During our first hospital stay, Ben had a view of the astrodome. Pretty cool. 

  
Now the second time, we had a different view. So tonight we were really wanting to see the fireworks at Herman park. There are a few really tall buildings next to us so we weren’t  sure if we would see them or not. 

 But we could see all of the high fireworks. Ben and I talked which ones we like the best. The nurse came in to give him more medicine and take more blood, then he saw our view and joined us in the running commentary of how awesome the fireworks were. He liked the same ones that Ben does, the multi-colored ones. 

Ben’s running commentary was in stark contrast to an hour earlier. He started running a fever again. This time he felt so badly (dizziness and pounding headache) that he asked that I get the nurse. That was a change.  His fever was 101.7. Before they would give him medicine, they took a lot of blood. Hopefully this fever heated blood will give them some answers. 

In the meantime, I know I will pray for answers. The iv medicine is burning his veins.  The VAT team was called again this afternoon to put a new iv in. He has blown so many IVs that he is running out of places (that is just my humble opinion. I am sure the VAT could find a new place). They use ultrasound to find a good vein and then to guide the needle. It is impressive and Ben doesn’t mind it at all. 

But we sure would like to know what is going on. So we lift up more prayers. 

Firework Update:

We were wrong about the fireworks. The first ones were cool, but then the real ones started. 

  
We could actually hear them and see them. They were so close and bright that the reflections off of the buildings made them even better.  Of course, Ben had fallen asleep, but I gently woke him up and we watched for about five minutes until he said thank you and fell asleep on my shoulder.  At least he went to sleep with a smile on his face.