In my gut, I knew it was premature. Gram-negative rods took hold overnight. She is feverish and sick again. Whatever this one is (I’m guessing Proteus), it’s apparently not affected by Tigecycline, so they’ll be changing her to a different antibiotic later today.
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Her fever broke yesterday, then was up and down through the evening. Today, she has remained fever free. She was awake for the better part of the day today, and coherent when awake. All vitals are in the normal range. So I guess what I am saying is that she is on top of this bout of sepsis. What a roller coaster ride.
As you can imagine, she is still quite exhausted. And if all this wasn’t enough, she woke up this morning with a big fever blister on her upper lip. Being immuno-compromised really sucks.
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Barbara’s blood cultures have turned up the culprit, and the plan now is to narrow in on this with a specific agent, rather than the initial broad spectrum stuff. Prognosis is good. She is expected to recover, though this (like other instances before) will have weakened her again. Her fever is more controlled and she is resting more comfortably.
ETA: She is doing much better, and has been almost fever free for the last couple of hours. For those asking, the culprit is yeast in blood (candida sepsis) and urinary tract. She is being treated with broad spectrum antibiotics through the night, with a powerful IV anti-fungal (micafungin) ordered for the AM.
She actually just woke up shivering from the cooling blanket. It has been discontinued for now.
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We are still waiting confirmation, but it appears she may be fighting sepsis again. Fever over 104, heart rate high, sleeping pretty much all day. Pneumonia got her down here to the ICU, but it’s the sepsis that will keep her.
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She slept about 5 hours. Woke up fairly agitated, but is settling down now, and getting evening medications. Hopefully she can sleep through until morning.
ICU is open except for 6-8 (am and pm). Visitors may not have cots though. I’ve been cat-napping upright intermittently.
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She has pneumonia. She is stable and resting as comfortably as can be expected.
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I think next time I just won’t tell anyone until after the surgery is over. It’s been postponed again.
ETA: No new date yet. No explanation for why. Just an ephemeral “sometime next week” for the transfer over to the hospital where the surgery is to take place.
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Assuming we don’t have something else interfere in the next 3 days (crossing everything, knocking on wood, etc.) the surgery will be Monday morning 8-Feb. This is it folks. If there is ever a time to turn it on, it’s now. Thank you in advance!
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The autism-vaccine lie that won’t die – Salon.com – http://bit.ly/atlmR3
This week, Dr. Andrew Wakefield’s now infamous study linking the MMR vaccine to autism was finally retracted by the prestigious Lancet medical journal. The move came days after medical officials in the United Kingdom found the doctor guilty of multiple ethics violations. For doctors, this is a victory — but a bittersweet one. […]
Somewhat unsurprisingly, this unethical man is now in Texas, and still peddling this long discredited nonsense. I wish I could be surprised by that.
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An Aging Trans Woman 