Still in the hospital

The bacteria infection in dad's bloodstream is E. Coli. They ran a test this evening at 4:30 using nuclear medicine to try and find out where the infection is coming from. To do the test they took some blood from dad this morning and sent it to Paducah. Apparently they take the red blood cells out of the blood and inject the white blood cells with the medicine. They took the blood around 7 this morning and had it back from Paducah and in him a little after noon. The theory is that the white blood cells that contain the medicine will travel to the area of the infection and show up on the scan. We will probably learn more tomorrow. It seems like the antibiotics have helped him. He still has quite a bit of abdominal pain. He's lost his appetite but is still eating some. He's on the 5th floor at Southeast Hospital in Cape. They say there going to keep him until the cultures come back negative. If it clears up he'll be on antibiotics for a couple of weeks and will not be able to get a chemo treatment. The bacteria is a big deal and can be fatal. Hopefully it was caught early enough. Please continue to pray for dad.