Day 3

Mom and I hurried home and our pastor and local missionary were here when we got home to talk with my dad and figure out what to do.  Mom & I got packed, prayed with everyone, and left at midnight.  The roads weren't great, but we got there around 3:30 in the morning.  I tried sleeping on the way, but that was completely fruitless.  We arrived  at Denver Health and were able to find the hospital, park, and go directly to Aaron's room, which was a completely miracle in and of itself as the hospital is massive and the parking is confusing, completely a God Thing.  We got in and Aaron was sleeping and they were giving him antibiotics in his IV and the doctors were supposed to come the next morning to give us an update.  We pulled out the sofa in the room and mom slept in the recliner, we tried to sleep but little to no sleep was accomplished.  They started getting Aaron up around 6 to do vitals and change shifts.  The docs came in and reported the CT scan an informed us they were going to have Aaron go in the afternoon to have his ear suctioned out and evaluated, and in the mean time they were going to continue antibiotics and drops in his ears.  Unfortunately that was the last time we heard from the docs till late that night, and we had a nasty nurse the whole day to deal with. They came in that night and both mom and I expressed out frustration for their lack of communication and input, and they said they would be back in the morning and that the next day they would drain his ear.  I tried to keep everyone up to date with Facebook and my statuses went something like this:

We made it, will know more in the morning. No surgery yet. -Monday at 4:50am

We are doing okay. Little to no sleep in 48 hours is taking a toll on all three of us, especially Aaron. No news from the docs yet, just lots of antibiotics and pain killers. -Monday at 9:10am

We are still in the hospital, hurrying up to wait on incredibly slow doctors. Dr came in this morning and wants to go in and do a suction out his ear later today. We don't know much yet. -Monday at 3:51pm

Please be praying for Aaron. We are hearing bits and pieces and words like MRSA are being spread around, and we can see the infection has spread into his neck. The drs have still not been back up.-Monday at 5:38pm
So here's the scoop. Pardon any misspelled medical terms. Aaron's mastoid was removed around 2001 and so that left just a shallow bone over the dura lining of the brain and it has a small opening from a previous abscess in it. He has a massive infection that is being treated with very strong antibiotics to prevent it. from spreading. They will continue until it goes away or appears to abscess and if it does they will do surgery in the morning if it clears up they will let him out around Friday. Thank you everyone for your prayers, we truly appreciate it. -Monday at 7:32pm

Mom and I are at the Marriot for the night. 48 hours with no sleep except a small nap is wearing on us. Aaron asked us to leave, which despite the fact it is actually a good thing because it means he is being himself. If the antibiotics help we are looking at no surgery. In the morning they will decide if they are helping, if not they will do surgery. -Monday at 9:14pm

Aaron waiting for the docs to come, who never did come til late.

Needless to say,  mom and I were going on 48 hours with hardly any sleep, so we left around 9:00p and got a motel and were completely frustrated with the hospital, nurses, and docs.