Early yesterday blood cultures came back which were 24 hours old and show negative to growing staph. Later in the afternoon the cultures that have been growing long came back positive for staph. So that means they don't start showing anything growing until later on like the 2nd or 3rd day which means the staph is hanging around.

Doctor still thinks he will get cultures that show negative, might just take time. He had an ultrasound on his fistula (dialysis access in his arm) just because they kind find a source of where the staph might be growing and this looked fine. He may have a ct scan of chest and abdomen just because they have not found a source where the staph is growing. If they don't find anything they will still treat with six weeks of antibiotics.

He has to stay in the hospital through the weekend because some of the cultures came back positive. He is not happy about that. All these test that he is having done is showing he is the picture of health except for the staph so when he gets a transplant they shouldn't need any test he has had everything done that a person can have.

Christy