Icky Stuff

Jim, Andrew's dad, is very sick right now. He has been in the hospital since Tuesday, with what we originally thought was severe arthritis pain in his hip. It was discovered two days ago that he has a MRSA Staph infection, which means this particular strain of Staph is resistant to antibiotics. The good news is the strain Jim has is responding to antibiotics in the lab. The bad news is that the infection is not getting any better in his body, although it's not getting any worse either. They believe that the reason the infection isn't getting better is because the source of the infection is in a place that isn't getting any/enough of the antibiotics they are pumping into him. Today, they did an echo cardiogram on his heart to see if the source of the infection was in his heart. At this point the results from the test are negative, but because of a severe gag reflex they were only able to to an external ultrasound. They will have to go back later and do another internal cardiogram to completely rule out the heart. That's where we are right now.

Please keep Jim as well as all of the Chudzick Family in your thoughts during this fight.