hospital
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Risk versus benefit
Earlier today I had mentioned that the culture taken from Namine’s chest incision indicated that she has MRSA. Before the culture results had come back, the doctors had put Namine on clindamycin as a precautionary measure, as they suspected infection (pus oozing out of a wound, with barely a touch to provoke it, will do…
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Conflicting stories
Mike, our favorite physician’s assistant, just gave us an updated report on all things Namine. The doctor from infectious diseases, as I mentioned, wants to open Namine’s chest and clean it out. But Namine’s operating cardiac surgeon does not.
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Once more unto the breach
The doctor from the infectious diseases just paid us a visit. His recommendation is that Namine’s chest should be opened back up, cleaned out, and closed up again.
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Straight talk
Namine is on contact isolation here in the hospital; that means that nurses and doctors must don their gowns and gloves when entering the room, but we – by we I mean her family, not just Jessica and myself – mustn’t. And as for the reason she’s on isolation at all? The culture taken from…
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Incision complications
Namine has been here in the hospital since Monday, and we still don’t have an idea of when she’ll be able to go home. Despite having a CT scan, the doctors can’t explain why the incision in her chest is opening up again.
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Namine’s shoulder
We heard from one of Namine’s doctors yesterday. He called to inform us a bit about her right shoulder, which we recently discovered is not bad because of multiple line placements, but rather because of a birth defect.
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What matters most
Yesterday we found out that Namine’s most recent x-ray shows evidence of a congenital defect in her right shoulder.
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Another blood draw
Remember those blood draws? Well, Namine had another one today, again to check her INR. They dropped her coumadin dose since last time, so here we are again.
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At the cardiology clinic
As you can see, Namine was super cheerful today. She knew what was in store – an x-ray, a blood draw, and then on to see the cardiologist – but nothing could sour her mood. No, not even the blood draw.
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Trip to the hospital
Remember Namine’s hematoma on her chest from last night? Today Jessica took Namine to the hospital to get it checked out.
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Trip to the ER
For a couple days now, Namine has had a fever. It hasn’t been high enough to merit calling the doctor, according to her discharge papers; they say to call if she has a fever of 101 for two days in a row, and her fever has only reached 100.4. But part of the incision on…
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On fear
One of Namine’s greatest fears is getting a blood draw.