Hospital

Josh was admitted into the hospital (Metro in Grand Rapids, MI) on Thursday and is still there.  He had been having high temperatures on and off for a couple weeks. Recently, his whole body has started to ache, especially the joints in his arms and wrists.  I am sure it doesn't help that hes has to lay in bed all the time since he was ordered to strict bed rest.  He had also become extremely lethargic, to the point of sleeping all the time and not even being able to carry on a conversation without dozing off in mid-sentence.  He even seemed disoriented at times.

The verdict so far is that he has a severe bladder infection and I even heard a nurse say that he had a slight blood infection.  The doctor never mentioned it though.  Josh did have a slight elevation in his white blood cell count, so maybe that is what she meant.

The wound doctor came in to see Josh yesterday.  While inspecting the wound, he had found small pieces of bone in it.  Recently Josh had fallen when transferring from his bed to his chair and probably hit something hard to cause this.  Josh has lost all his strength from the constant bed rest and infection in his body.  He is not able to be independent with anything right now.  He will need constant care until the surgery and recovery is done.  It is just so hard to see an active and athletic young man go downhill like this.

As I learn more, I will keep you posted.  I also put updates on my Facebook page (Susan Stricker Holt).

Thank you everyone for your prayers.  God can work a miracle!