Late this morning, Lynn began the process of getting out of the bed and doing things like washing her face and brushing her teeth. They changed the bedding and were about to get her back into a much needed bed when the wheel chair for the ultrasound came around.
We wheeled down there and then sat in the hall waited for the techs to be ready for us. When we got into the room, they went through the process of seeing if there were any fluid pockets (there were). The doctor came in (Dr Sy) to aspirate the fluid to send it to the lab.
When we got back at 1:45, Lynn was cooked. We settled her back into bed and managed getting some food down (mostly jello, juice and tea) and then Dr Se (head of infectious disease area we found out later) stopped by to check in on Lynn and get up to speed. He was definitely the antithesis of House MD when it came to bedside manner.
The skinny of all this is that we hope it's something minimal so that we can get to pill form antibiotic and go home. The next stages in order of best to least is: 1) IV antibiotic, no surgery, 2) IV antibiotic, surgery to replace spacer with implant, 3) IV AB w/ surgery to remove spacer completely.
For now we hope for the best and get Lynn some sleep. I am trying to convince myself that sleeping at home tonight is really best for everyone. Is it really 3:45? *Yawn*
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Oh my friend! I hate it when just etting up to pee and wash your face feels like a day's work. Sleep - do not let them wake you up.
OXOXOXOXOOX
Laura Beth
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