Yesterday, May, 21, 2012...
Dr. Barrett just came around and said the reason she wasn't going home today was because her pain levels were up and down, not consistent. They want her pain to be more evenly controlled, unlike last night. It spiked agin, just like the night before, about midnight. Her doctor is also concerned about her Vancomycin levels. There is going to be a team of infectious disease doctors coming by today to see if they can recommend a different drug to help fight the cellulitis in her arm. This is also the drug being used to treat her ear. They might recommend a totally different drug or something to use in addition with the vancomycin. Dr. Barrett says her sypmtoms are very hard to treat because the symptoms of her blood clot complications are very similar to that of cellulitis, and each can cause or even complicate the other. He is so concerned because he has another patient on another floor that has the same symptoms that mom does. He lost the use of his arm for an extended period of time. That's where his main concern comes from. He did say he wanted her sitting up more today, as long as the pain was ok. He wanted me to take her on a "date" so I pushed her in her wheelchair to Subway, inside the cafeteria of the hospital. Her nurses will be in shortly to help her bathe, and then she is going to try and sit up a little. Hopefully she will get to come home tomorrow or Wednesday.
Today, May 22, 2012...
Mom has gone to get an ultrasound now. Her doctor came by and spoke to me for about 30 minutes. He answered a lot of questions I had, but there are some that just can't be answered at this point. They are still debating on what kind of drugs to send her home on. If she has fluid shown on the ultrasound, they will remove it either today or tomorrow. If no fluid, they will release her today for sure.
Well...they are still there tonight. Here's hoping that she will get to come home tomorrow. She is still pretty swolen tonight. Update again tomorrow.
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