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Tuesday Update

11/16/2015

 
When you think of an infection on your hand for example, an indication that the antibiotic creams and concoctions are working is because you can see the effectiveness, or lack of. If the wound starts looking more like skin than strawberry jello mixed with cottage cheese, chances are the infection is going away. In a bone infection there are no visible indications. That said, there is an "ESR" component of blood tests, normal ESR is between 0 and 20. Madison's was 72 post-op week one, 62 week two, and 41 week three.

Today (every Monday) the home care nurse comes to the house, checks the wounds, and takes blood for lab workups. Today post-op week four, ESR was 10. We certainly not doctors but appearances are such that the antibiotics are effective treating the bone infection. We'll check with the doctors this week to determine whether ESR is also an indication to determine if the fungal anomaly (different than the infection) is in retreat.

It was a rough weekend for Madison, no sugarcoating it. Hydration seemed evasive, she had challenges with stomach acid and a bouts of nausea, but seems better today. Part of recovering from major surgeries, there will be ups and downs.
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Today was a pretty decent day! During her evening walk Madi made it about 5 houses, but it was really chilly so Madison decided to head back early and give the treadmill what-for. In this picture Madi is wearing sweatpants and nurses/therapy dogs Baily and PJ decided to join her... on the treadmill. You can see the 10 second video at this link -> https://youtu.be/WC7_XqjkiPc

Their level of loyalty truly is amazing. If you scroll down to the Sunday Nov 8 post, you can see in the picture that both canine caretakers are extremely clingy, extraordinary loyal and protective of her...

... as she is to them.

...until the nitwits try to eat yuck filled Kleenex, or feast on Almond Roca from the cat box. That's when the gloves come off.




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