Taking a look into Blaine's world...
On Sunday, February 21st Blaine, Trent, and myself headed to Appleton. We spent sometime with my friend Jessica. It was really nice to hang out with her. We left earlier then planned because Blaine was feeling sick. On the way home he spiked up a fever and chills. He was burning up and shaking from the chills at the same time. In the van he had the temperature up. It felt like a sauna as I was driving. We stopped at a McDonald's so he could use a bathroom and when we stepped outside...on a warm "felt like spring day" it was like being in a humidty and stepping into air conditioning. I gave Blaine something to reduce the fever and it didn't help. So mom drove about 82mph to get home and get some more fever reducers. Finally the fever went down.
Sunday night/Monday morning same thing. He spiked a fever. His knee was also hurting. Took him to the ER. At first they thought he had an infection in his knee from a fall he had several weeks ago. They did an Xray and found out he has osteochondrosis. You can read all about it here: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/osteochondritis-dissecans/DS00741 So, now he is under the care of the orthopedic surgeon and on crutches for 6-8 weeks. He will return to in 4 weeks for a check-up. Being on crutches as an active child as Blaine is very frustrating to him.
Although we found out what was wrong with Blaine's knee we are still dealing with his fevers, loss of appetite, loss of color, no energy, just feeling miserable. After many pokes with blood drawn... they came up with two things. 1) he came in contact with strep throat -didn't actually get the strep throat but, had a reaction to a reaction to it. {WHAT?} That was my thought. That didn't make any sense to me. I continued to be concerned. I know my teenager and he wasn't feeling very good. So, I called the Dr. MacArthur and she said the last of the blood cultures came in and it shows he has staph in his blood stream. When they drew blood last week they had to let the blood sit for 72 hours and see if bacteria grew in it. Which showed them a staph infection. It's not a contagious form of staff. It's not on the outside of his skin. It's inside his body. Dr. MacArthur wanted to admitt him to the hospital and run antibotics for 48hours.
He is feeling better. He was admitted yesterday and already after 24hours...he is feeling much better. Wants to escape from the hospital actually. He has had enough. I'm really enjoying the one on one time with Blaine. If you know teenager boys at all...you know they don't talk much! ;) We have been playing yatzee and kicking eachothers butts, talking, cruising around in the wheelchair, and just hanging out. Enjoying all his company. Admiring his balloons, cards, and gifts. Talking and chatting it up.
Dr said hopefully Blaine can go home tomorrow. He also hopes to return to school by Thursday.
Blaine doesn't like missing school and his friends!!!
That is what is happening in Blaine's world!!
This has been the mess that has our dinning room cluttered. Going through school supplies and organizing back packs. 
Crossing things off the supply list...
He enjoyed sharpening all the pencils this year.
I was labeling his school supplies with a sharpie perm marker and left it unattended. Kaden took full advantage of moms mistake and wrote on his face. Oh, what a boy we have...
Yah for school to be back in session.
