Monday update on Hannah 10-6-08

Today was a good day! Hannah is eating finally. She has been really picky the last couple days on her eating. She ate quite a bit today. The doctor came in and changed her dressing and repacked her opening. The doctor could not get any more infection out of her leg. YEAH!!!!!!!!!! This means the antibiotics are working. Her medication levels are normal this morning, so we don't have to do blood draws before every antibiotic treatment. Hannah's white blood cell count is coming down also which is great. Hannah's pediatrician called Dr. Kawamoto (plastic surgeon) about removing the tubes in her nose tomorrow. The tubes come out tomorrow. YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is the plan of action for tomorrow:
1. Tubes out of nose and culture for staph. Dr. Kawamoto wants a culture to see if the staph may have originated in her nose.
2. Labs for all levels.
3. MRI to see if the infection has affected her muscles or bones.
4. PICC line, so we can get rid of the IV. Hannah keeps pulling them out when she gets up to walk in the crib.

She is feeling better so she is up and about more. Hannah is getting cabin fever really bad. A person can watch only so many movies, sing along and listen to music, and say Nan a million times . If everything goes smoothly we may be able to come home on Thursday. The doctor will teach David and I how to do the PICC line and the dressing changes. The are also talking about getting the home health nurse to help also.

Many people keeping asking me how to you MRSA. You can get it just about anywhere. MRSA is a contact infection. I ask the doctor if we could get it through her saliva and she said no. You would have had to a sore that a person had. I have washed my hands so much that they feel like sand paper. They Internet and people make this sound worse then it really is.
I am going to bed I am really tired.