U-Turn (or Back and Forth)

I'm going to try to get the details (that we know anyway) down here. 

Infectious Disease decided to put Zosyn back on board due to the infection on his spleen.  

And then we did a CT scan of his abdomen which was negative, and his white blood count dropped, and his fever went away.

So they took Zosyn back off. 

The ultrasound is more sensitive but since he's not showing clinical signs of infection, AND he's been on two weeks of high dose Zosyn, plus another week with a five day gap, plus he's still on Bactrim. I mean, bugs that are going to survive all that....  Well, we know there are some but hopefully not these.  

So now (meaning currently but it could change) the plan is to finish his Bactrim on Saturday, watch him for about 48 hours, and if everything looks good, we'll head home.

But that assumes no fever, and that he gets back onto his home vent, and that we get his sodium levels back up into a normal range (because of course, why wouldn't they be wonky?).

However, he is back to his home sick vent settings and is off the nitric. We're working on weaning his oxygen, and I'm hoping to wean one of his heart meds although that won't keep us here. All in all, I think we've got a better than average chance of being home by Thanksgiving. Actually hoping for Tuesday. 

It's time. He's been here a month today, minus that 25 hour field trip that ended with the ambulance ride.

Fingers crossed.  

Home for the holidays...

"Life is not something we can manage or control. 

It's something we negotiate every time the path takes a turn." 

- Lisa Tawn Bergren