Daegan's repeat MRI was yesterday...and the report is "significant improvement." And a bunch of other radiology mumbo jumbo. We're so thrilled it's ridiculous!!! No signs of an abcess and the muscle is no longer showing inflammation! The catheter is working well too, with no signs of pain or inflammation. Daegan is doing awesome!!! So he is going to be coming home!!!!!!
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but not until next Wednesday! boo hoo!!! They want him to have 3 full weeks of antibiotics in the hospital. I feel like they don't trust us. I mean, I know they must trust us some because they are sending him home with an IV and the last time they did that was 5 years ago....but come on people! Get with the freakin' times!! I'm a lurker on a NICU forum and those parents have babies going home with NG tubes and IVs all the time. Here we are 2 freakin' doctors (one who is going to be a SAHM with no other big responsibilities (the pups are easy)) and we have to BEG to be able to have him home with 3x daily antibiotic administration! He's rockin' everything else....well except breast feeding, but we're getting help...and he's still eating well and gaining.

Really though, my issue is that I feel like they don't trust us. They are being uber crazy about teaching me sterile technique. HELLO people!!! I'm qualified to do SURGERY!!!! I *think* I know a smidge about infections....

Ugh I feel like I have a carrot hanging out in front of me...and I'm scared to do anything wrong or they'll yank it away. I really don't understand what waiting until next Wednesday is going to do...maybe help them find a reason to keep him there? It sucks to feel such animosity towards the people who have helped my baby grow out of the womb, but still.....I want him HOME!!!!

In other news, they're d/c ing his reflux meds to see if he really needs them (his 'suspected' dx came at the same time as his sepsis so the A's and B's may not have been from reflux) and they are switching the rifampin to PO....but they aren't switching to PO until a few days before he goes home "so he can get it IV as long as possible"....not sure why they just don't keep it IV with the other IV med if they really want it IV...