This morning the doctor confirmed that the staph infection is the same one Ivy has been battling. This is the fourth time it has reared its ugly head. She is now being treated and when the bacteria is gone from her blood, which will take three or four days of negative cultures, there will be a decision to be made. Either leave Ivy on strong antibiotics for the rest of her life or take the pacemaker/defibrillator out because that is where the bacteria is hiding. Each time a course of antibiotics has been run, it protects itself with a layer of a "slim like gel". When the antibiotics are gone it is then free to run a muck. Ivy completely understood this explanation saying "Oh I learned that in Miss McCartney's class. We investigated the slim, I know what the doctor was talking about." She had no questions for him.
That's where we are now, so if you have 5 minutes to stop by and say hi, she would love it I am sure. And.....don't forget to give her a hug. The staph is not the scary MRSA bacteria...we are not in quarantine.
Melinda ....still trying hard to keep singing "....don't worry....bout a thing....cause every little thing's gonna be all right...."
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hey ivy! i went back after work to see you but it looks like youre already on your way to the childrens hospital. im just glad i got to see you for the short time i did...i hope all is well and that you have a speedy recovery. stay strong and come back home soon...remember...
"its just a detour..."
-Mariah Gillespie
Ivy, love, what are you doing getting sick?
That's just not allowed!
>={
sigh
Melinda, you keep on singing your song. Because it is...
gonna be all right.
Get better soon, ok, Ivy?
Soon!
oops forgot to ask
Melinda, can't they just take that one out, clean her system up with some IV antibiotics for a few days (keeping her on monitors, of course), then put a new one in?
I know the last thing you want to do is spend more time in the hospital (all of you!), but, well...
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