We spent the first half of the day waiting for the CT scan, then about 2 hours down in the imaging department while they took his scans.
The doctor then told us they were bringing in and "infectious decease specialist". They looked at Josh's CT results and told us that they saw some "fuzzy things" (medical term) in his lungs that they believe are fungus. The plan is to start treating him with an anti-fungal medication and then do a bronchoscopy. As ominous as this sounds, we feel a sense of relief in knowing what is probably causing the fever and hoping that we can get the fever under control.
They will try to get a sample of the fungus to determine the best treatment for it. They hope that the treatment will begin to take care of his fever. We have heard different things from each doctor (3 today) about how this will effect our ability to get out of here and head for Dalhart.
At this point we will continue to take things one day at a time knowing that God is in control and will get him home in His time. Pray that the anti-fungal will begin working and his fever will go away. Pray also that we will not get discouraged if our time here is extended longer than we hope.
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