Friday

I am still fighting the battle with the fever...it is winning.  This means they are pumping me full of fluid...not quite the 30lbs I gained at Kadlec, but we are closing in on 10 lbs. They have me on 5 different antibiotics, some of which need to go into large veins. My veins are tiny and quickly being rendered useless as the IVs fail...I was on my fourth IV in just over three say.  The have been drawing blood from two locations any time I have a fever then another blood draw after the liter of saline and then there is the morning blood draw....they have used every possible areas on my hands and arms.  A doctor finally approved a PICC line that can reach the large vein that leads heart...I haven't been stuck one time since then...such a relief!!!  My Thursday night CT showed a body of fluid that will not be drained by Drain Tube 2 so they scheduled another proceedure to put in Drain Tube 3 (they took out Drain Tube 1 on Tues since it failed).  When I got to pre-op the doc mentioned that she'd be going through the diaphragm...eek! I came out of the surgery on quite a bit more pain and breathing difficulties...and then I was in and out the rest of the afternoon and evening.  It was another rough feverish night...more fluids, more pressure on lungs. Praying for a complete turn-around today.  We should have the cultures to a state that they can tell us which antibiotics can take out the infection. Gonna try to sleep now.