Elizabeth again has an infection, over the past few days she has had a few fevers. She has a urniary tract infection due to having the foley catheter, so they have started antibiotics and removed the catheter. After more cultrues it was found that the type of infection is VRE (vancoymicn resistant) basically is an infection that has some resistance to very potent antibiotics and needs to be specifally treated. The only "good thing" so far is that it DOES NOT affect her being listed, unless things get worse. Just to rule out any other infections, they did more trach and blood cultures. Her trach culture came back clear and still waiting on the blood culture. Her oxgyen needs/saturations have been good, but her blood pressure has still been very low and the medication for it has been increased quite a bit since Friday. So they are keeping an eye on that. She has alot of major blood work in the morning and that will give a better indication how bad the infection may be.
Realizing that even though she is listed, does not make this road easier. She could be taken off the list at any time. Infections can take her off of the list, and become serious very quickly. Please pray for stablility and her continued strength to make it to transplant. She needs to be strong enough to get to transplant, but needs even more strength to make it through transplant and recovery.
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