Can't catch a break

Yesterday, Brody's blood pressures were really high (180/120 for example). Today, it was discovered that his Clonodine patch was removed during surgery Tues and never replaced. We didn't realize this because he has many bandages on his back and the ICU staff isn't allowed to touch--only the orthopedic surgeons. But we got a new patch on this morning. Seems the surgeons failed the course in communication because they also failed to mention to me that the infection did in fact make it deep enough that it was on the hardware. However, they can not remove the hardware because Brody's ribs would just be free floating and that could be worse than leaving the tainted device inside him. The Infectious Disease people are telling us that, depending on what his infection culture grows, they may keep us here 6 weeks and continue IV antibiotics at home for 6 months. They are thinking there is a good possibility that Brody has that nasty and potentially deadly Resistant Staph Infection. And to add to the list of unfortunate news today, as we pulled in to the hospital's parking garage, the car started smoking pretty good. And the 2x brand new tire is really low, almost flat. WOO HOO! Happy Thanksgivng! :(