Please don't look at the last entry date. This poor blog has been abandoned in the biggest way this summer. It's not because there was nothing to say but I was too busy to write.
I will try give you a brief view of the last several months. . .
The end of June we had a phone appointment with Dr. J. At the time he switch Lynnelle from IV antibiotics to orals. She was doing well and starting to make baby steps of progress. It was pretty exciting to see progress and to be able to switch to cheaper meds.
The middle of July she was admitted to the hospital with staph infection. She lost her port and a power PICC was placed. She was in the hospital 11 days. Minnie was on a small vacation to MN to help with her newest niece and missed the whole thing. Needless to say, Mom was quit overwhelmed with trying to work, be at the hospital to talk to Dr's and the whole ten yards.
The staph scenario really took her downhill, plus her doctor stopped treatment for several weeks. (I'm still convinced that was a lack of communication. He was surprised to hear that she was stopped at our next visit.)
Most of August she was off treatment and things got bad pretty quickly.
Sept 11 found us once more in Dr. J's office. He started treatment up with little changes to her protocol. She also received an iron infusion. By the end of Sept, she was once more in the hospital, this time with her PICC line. The whole 2 months she had it her body was rejecting it. The line was being pushed out of her body at every dressing change. Then she started getting blisters where the line touched her skin. It was a pretty stressful mess. By the end of the month she had another infection. Her arm and elbow were all swollen and white. Minnie was once more gone, this time in OR for a vacation. (Friends gifted her a ticket so she went to see her sister and friends!) Thankfully this hospital visit was only a couple days. Her line was pulled and she was sent home on a heavy regimen of antibiotics.
By now... Lynnelle is doing ok. Not great, but not terrible. I'm anxious to get done with the recent infections so she can start improving again. She received another iron infusion last week that didn't go as well as the first. She reacted to it in an unpleasant sort of way but we're thankful it wasn't worse. Here's to hoping she will start making enough of her own iron and we don't need more infusions. :)
Thank you all for your support. We do appreciate it!! Without God, and you being used of Him, none of this would be possible.
If you have an questions or comments feel free to comment or email Minnie at mbjhoover[at]hotmail dot com.
