As promised, an update

Okay, so I guess Brian did a really good job of keeping everyone updated. I really don't have to much new to add!

When Karly went into surgery to have her toenail removed (and the toe cleaned & cultured) they also inserted a PICC line into her arm (like a more permanent IV).

The reason our stay was so long, was the Infectious Disease department had to culture the germs from inside Karly's toe and find out what antibiotic would work best. As Brian said in his lovely Haikus - of course it ended up being something rare!

At first they picked an antibiotic that would need to be given to her every 4 hours, and our doctor asked them to pick again (GOOD THING! or she wouldn't have been able to go to school!) and she's now on IV antibiotics for 30 minutes, every 8 hours. So, three times a day.

The tricky part was she had to have a dose before we left, to make sure she had no allergic reactions. That went well - but then the home nurse had to come & help us get set up (and show us how to do the home doses, which differ from the in-patient type.)

So, if we went home after the first dose, the second was due at midnight. Therefore, we stayed another night - and left after her morning dose on Saturday.

The other wrench in our stay was Karly freaked us all out by having a hot flash on Friday night, so we had to make sure that it wasn't medication-related - turns out it was just a normal ole hot flash. Yay??

Karly's every-two-months oncology clinic visit was on Friday - and she had CT scans, too (which she has every four months). Everything looked great - she's still cancer-free!

Tomorrow, Brian will take her back to the hospital for a post-op check-up on the toe. Then hopefully we can just continue care at home with our regular pediatrician and the home health care nurses.