The "sort of a rash" that I'd mentioned last week, did not respond to the oral antibiotics they prescribed. I went back to the doctor yesterday (one week later) and saw my own plastic surgeon (she had been gone the week before). She immediately said I'd need to be admitted to the hospital & receive a stronger IV antibiotic for the infection. So I moved my car to the other lot and walked myself right into the hospital yesterday afternoon : )
Thankfully my phone had enough charge on it to notify those that need be, right away..... Then after work, Jeremiah gathered all of my necessities and Mark brought them over last evening. I can only have the antibiotic every 12 hours, so I got the first dose just after 1:00 yesterday and within half an hour I was itching and turning red - yikes! Come to find out it's probably not an allergic reaction, but something that's called Red Man Syndrome and is associated with this Vancomycin (antibiotic). They gave me Benadryl right away which seemed to help a bit. So for my 1 a.m. dose, I got another dose of Benadryl and then a slower infusion of the meds. I either had less of a reaction this time, or I slept through it!
When the resident doctor came in to see me last night, she asked me not to eat before she saw me at 6 this morning..... that if I wasn't better, they'd put me on the surgery schedule to have one tissue expander removed :( Thankfully when she looked this morning, she said "It mayyyyyy be a bit better (?)" and certainly wasn't any worse. I asked if they might give it another day (figuring I'd only had two doses of the heavy duty / butt kicking / super antibiotic) and she said yes, they'd do that.
Whew!
They guaranteed me I'd be here a minimum of three days, regardless .....
So let's just hope this medicine does its work and I can keep this expander!
Thanks for all prayers and well-wishes, and I will keep ya posted on the latest.
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