Update

Ivy's had a couple of echo exams now to see how well the antibiotics are doing against the vegetation in her heart. It sounds like the doctors are sure that it is not a blood-clot, but bacteria that has attached to her valve. It seems as though there was some debate today among the cardiologists about whether it had improved or not. One said that there had been a small reduction, while the other said that the possibility of the vegetation getting smaller was inconclusive. They both agreed that it had not gotten worse. Right now we're waiting on that to go away before they can do anything about the pacemaker. Looks like it will be a long stint in the hospital again.