Friday, July 25, 2014

Float Like A Butterfly (D+35)


"If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize." - Muhammad Ali

They managed to culture the bacteria that has infected Elise and it's Staphylococcus aureus which is a common bacteria on the skin and respiratory tract. They suspect that her central line was the point of infection so they decided to remove it. It's a minor surgical procedure to remove it and they wanted to do it yesterday but by the time they'd decided Elise had already eaten lunch, so they couldn't put her under until today.

So this morning they removed the suspect central line and put in a couple peripheral lines (in her wrists) so that she could continue to get IV antibiotics and get blood tests, etc. She was excited to get "happy juice" and the surgeon got a good laugh from things Elise said while she was going under. When she woke up Elise told me her hand wraps looked like a boxer's.

Her body temp continues to oscillate from normal to fever level and back again. And her liver function tests have crept back up again. Which all means she's a sick girl even if she's claiming to feel well. One clear way to tell she's sick is that she's napping and her hunger level is down.

So it sounds like Elise will stay in the hospital for a while until this infection clears. She isn't very happy about it even though we'd warned her this sort of thing was likely. It could have become very serious quickly and we're all real thankful we took her in when we did.

So Becky and I are back to the swapping nights at the hospital routine. Elise got another transplant room and its the mirror image of the one she was in before, so we're doing everything backwards. Thank God there is enough light that we don't end up in the hallway during the late night bathroom trips.

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