Happy 4th of July everyone! Today is day 1o for me. This was suppose to be the a really good day for me. Actually, day +9 to +14 were suppose to be all up hill. But I hit a little bump in the road. Funny, I use to call multi-myeloma a little bump, and now I am calling a small infection a little bump.........I think I will call this infection a little PEBBLE in my path to remission!
As you know, I am in the hospital and will be until "Monday-ish" according to my doctor. I think he has learned that if he tell me Monday...I will be ready to leave on Monday! So he is stretching it for me~ How nice~! (said with a southern accent)
Here is the skinny: They took 5 or 4 cultures on Thursday, the day they checked me in, and by 24 hours, only one of the cultures grew bacteria. The culture grew an organism by the name of Gram Positive Cocci in clusters, or other wise called staphylococcus sp, coag neg. I tried googling, but it was all so boring that I decided not to include any info. LeMaistre said basically it is an infection and he still needs to find the source. It is possible that my port might have a small infection, and if so, 50% of they time they can fix it with meds, antibiotics, etc...but the other 50% of the time it has to be removed surgically and it is my guess that they will replace it at the same time.
The really good news is that I am improving everyday! Praise the Lord! Even with an infection! How's that for a working God? Everything is important, one very important factor is my white blood count WBC. it dropped just exactly as it should have to a <.1 and has begun to rise, just exactly as it is projected. On Friday it was at .1 and today is is already at .2! This infection is not effecting the rising of my WBC! And remember, I really have had very little "bad" side effects; no vomiting, no diarrhea and minimal mouth sores. Again, prayers and good thought are working! Thank you. Tomorrow is Sunday, and LeMaistre is on call, amazing right! Who gets put in the hospital the weekend "their" doctor is on call? So I will see LeMaistre, maybe he can tell me more about the location of the infection. He has told me that he WILL NOT release me from the hospital until my WBC are up. So I am thinking Tuesday for an out date. Keli spent the first night, Pam spent the second night, Keli is staying tonight and Martha will stay with me on Monday night....and I am breaking out of here on Tuesday! I did get "hospital privileges" that will allow me to go and visit my girlfriends on the 10th floor! These are the girls that are going through the same transplant; Cheyenne - 45 and Pam - 50.
"God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at the break of Day. Psalm 46:5 "Be still, and know that I am God;" Psalm 46:10
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It's so good to see a "perky" update from you -- and was great to hear it in your voice yesterday. Sorry to hear about the setback, but am very happy to see that your team is so "on it" and it looks like they are getting you back on track. Come-on WBC -- go up, up, up!
ReplyDeleteVisiting with AJ last night was nice -- we convinced him to have some of my famous baby back ribs with us before the fireworks. He said that he thought you would really like them -- so guess what? When you're back up at the lake -- I'll have a great excuse to grill up a few more racks! I've gotta tell you -- your man was sure missing you -- very sweet. And, he ended up kicking our butts afterall in our little fun card games. :-)
Keep on doing what you're doing -- and we'll keep on doing what the rest of your friends and family are doing -- praying.
June and Erik
Hey Terri!
ReplyDeleteI am sorry you got sick but it sure sounds like you are on the road to recovery. Best wishes from East Texas.
Love, Dawn Padgett Shen