yep, that's right; we've got one 48-hour-old negative culture and one that's been negative for 24 hours! yea! gotta wait another 24 to make sure the one from yesterday stays negative then it sounds like we can get out of here!!! i am so thankful they will send us home with the vanco! the plan is to go home tomorrow! ID said we will be able to run the tpn through her port, so that shouldn't be a problem. the vanco will be every 8 hours, running over an hour. we will check weekly labs plus at least one vanco trough. we are ready to be home!
yesterday melanie's energy level was way down. she was so tired; even talking seemed to take so much out of her. she spent 5.5 hours--literally--laying in bed breaking up cereal into tiny crumbs.
her tummy bothered her off an on all day, but it seemed slightly better. she was pretty short with anyone who came in the room. didn't want anyone to talk, etc. she was cooperative with her vitals and cares; just wasn't her smiley self.
when she finally tired of breaking up cereal, we went to the library again. then we went outside, once again looking for those elusive bunnies. :) didn't find any in the courtyard then we went out front. didn't see any there either, but we watched "helicopters" drop from the trees and threw a few in the air.
she tired of that then we went to the playroom and then back to her room where she played play station. as soon as she shut it off at 6 p.m. she fell asleep almost before her head it the pillow. checking blood counts this morning and drew one more culture.
brandon spent the night here at the hospital tonight which i think has really helped him deal better. after melanie went to sleep brandon and i had a "grape party." :)
melanie was happy to see brandon here this morning, and he even got some laughs out of her! she is more talkative and playing game cube wth brandon right now, looking really good. hopefully she will have a good day, and we will be home tomorrow!
thanks so much for the prayers for her peripheral line to hold. it has done amazing allowing her to get a bit of tpn over the last week.
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