Trish didn't sleep well last night, but she is feeling ok. In rounds this morning, Dr. Meade said we are looking for a discharge this week, but wouldn't commit to a day. The liver counts continue to go down, but are still far from normal (I'll update the counts page later today). I asked him if this sluggish trend downward was normal. His response is we don't know....This is unchartered territory and he is just happy to see them going down. Had they not gone down, they would have started a new therapy today, but since they are going down, they will coninue to wait and see. He said that if the liver enzyme levels don't get close to normal, by next week, they will start a new treatment next week. The Billirubin count tends to move slowly and he doesn't expect it to reach normal for a while.
As the doctors left rounds, Trish's nurse came back in and informed us that she was positive for VRE -- this is a hospital nuisance. I forget what the E stands for, but the VR stands for Vancomyocin Resistant....Trish has been getting Vancimyocin to guard against infection fo about a week. They will change up her antibiotics to send the VRE infection away. The bad news for me is now I must gown, and glove up to be in the room. Long sweaty days ahead of me....
This is a time of continued prayer and stress. Waiting and hoping. Frustration and small victories.
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