Later in the day on April 12...the doctors are thinking this may not be a bacterial infection after all but that MK may have aseptic meningitis as a result of her surgery. This could be caused by her body reacting to the patch that they put on her dura. The treatment for this is steroids and they have just started her on a course of oral steroids. She is still on all the antibiotics as well and will remain so until they rule out a bacterial infection (about another 36 hours to 48 hours). (As one doctor put it, she's being hit with a bazooka of medicines that should knock out whatever ails her.)
MK has been very sleepy today and had some pain from the headaches. We hope that she'll rally some tomorrow but the doctor said the rest may be just what she needs. The steroids should help with her headaches, too.
Well it is 12:15 AM,
Pretty boring this time of night when you can not sleep. Holly and MK are both sleeping which is good. I am hoping the steroids she is getting is doing the trick. I can't tell you how disappointing this set back is to everyone. We are still very impressed with everyone at Emory. The ER has a little to be desired. Maybe it was because it was so crowded and we spent the first couple of hours in a bed in the hall way. Once they moved MK into a room in the ER everything was as expected, very impressive.
Excuse my rambling if I go on and on. There is not much to do at this time of night. Do you know how many times someone comes in to check things, take vitals, or other things, you got it -- All the time.
That is it for now, I am going to move to computer card games. Next post tomorrow. Keep MK in your prayers.
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