TCH-Day 5

No post yesterday because, well there was nothing to post.

For as INSANE as this place is during the week, it becomes a ghost town on the weekend!

You can actually get on an elevator and walk through the lobby without threat of being trampled.

On the flip side, nothing is open! 

So, the liver team rounded earlier and said that the type of bacteria in the culture was identified and he no longer needed the coverage of two antibiotics. Weston is now only on one IV antibiotic, in addition to the rest of his normal medications. And, he has finally been weaned off of the steroids. Yea!

The docs said now that the cultures are completely grown and identifies, it would appear that the fever was probably a result of the first stages of cholangitis, rather than a central line infection.

(certain types of bacteria grow in a central line, and are very hard to kill once in the line-not the case with Weston)

SO, we get to go home tomorrow, right?! 

We keep getting very wary "maybes".

I am not quite sure WHY they are hesitant to send us home. We are already established with a home health company and giving the antibiotic IV is old hat for us.

PLEASE LET US GO HOME TOMORROW!

To add more confusion to the situation...Thursday Weston was taken for an echocardiogram (part of the transplant work-up). The tech removed his onesie and promptly returned us to our room because the broviac rests in the exact area that the echo is performed. 

I left with an understanding that:

a. the broviac could not be present for the echo

b. he needed to be sedated for the echo

c. they were going to arrange to have the echo done in Austin at the time that they have him under general anesthesia to remove the broviac

We got wind of an echo tomorrow. Not quite sure WHAT has changed in the above equation. We are slightly confused. 

PLEASE LET US GO HOME TOMORROW!