I should have written about this months ago but I got lazy and kept putting off. It happened last October (2012).
Jared ended up in the hospital again after a paracentesis (procedure to drain fluid off his abdomen). During the procedure they punctured his bowel allowing bacteria to seep into a sterile area. We went home after the procedure and he quickly became ill. He had a high fever and was in a lot of pain. We went to the ER where he was admitted. The white blood cell count was over 90,000 and should have been 0, so he was pretty sick. They did lots of tests and put him on antibiotics. He was there for 4 days before they released him. During his hospital stay his MELD got as high as 19. It has now dropped to 16 and stays in the 15 to 17 range most of the time.
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