Setbacks

Yesterday afternoon Everett started running a fever. He isn't exhibiting any symptoms of being sick except he was a little cranky yesterday. He is on IV antibiotics to kill any sickness he might have. He has not had a fever since last night. The doctors are afraid that he may have picked up a bug from a visitor though it is also possible it came from the hospital. He also has a pericardial effusion. This means there is fluid in the sac around his heart. He had this complication with the first surgery and they had to take him back in to surgery to drain the fluid. This time, they think they can take care of it by putting him back on diuretics. We were supposed to go home today, but with these complications it may be another couple of days.