Dan here. I went by for about an hour yesterday, visited with Mom, and talked to her nurse. Mom did not talk a lot. She seems pretty wiped out from the whole hospital ordeal. From what I saw yesterday, the antibiotic seems to be working. Less redness, less swelling. The tube site also looked clean, so that's good, and the second x-ray confirmed that the tube is placed correctly. Friday in the ER she had some pain and some pretty agitated moments, but the nurse said she'd been comfortable since having been moved to a room. While she was in New Jersey, a urine culture had tested positive for MRSA. Now it has shown up in her blood culture. The antibiotic she's on for the cellulitis - vancomycin - is also one of the few that's effective against MRSA (the first two letters are for "Multiply Resistant.") So the same antibiotic is the treatment for both conditions, and we're hoping it's effective.
Happy Pesach to you all,
Dan
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