This Bobby Rides Again: Moving Right Along...

Bobby had a busy day yesterday. They started him on IV vancomycin antibiotic to kill the infection they discovered in his central line. They removed the central line, put in a new IV, and removed his temporary pacemaker wires. He had a physical therapy session, and an occupational therapy evaluation, since he doesn't seem to want to use his right hand.

This Mama received a visit from the hematology nurse practitioner to discuss the outpatient care involved with Bobby's new blood thinner. We are no stranger to Coumadin, since he was discharged on it after his last heart surgery. Basically, maintenance will involve weekly INR blood clotting checks for a while, and we'll have to be extra careful if he gets injured or bleeds. It was a little frightening to hear the nurse practitioner describe the symptoms of a stroke, and that we'd have to look out for one if Bubs has any kind of head injury.

Today, we received good news during rounds. The kind of bug that Bobby caught in his central IV line can be treated with gtube antibiotics! This significantly shortens our hospital stay, and means we won't be sent home with a PICC line to administer IV antibiotics! Instead, they will continue the IV antibiotics inpatient for 7 days (5/9/11 is day 7), and then he can take gtube antibiotics after that. They are also now talking about a possible discharge of early next week. Yay!

Miss Elizabeth, the music therapist, also paid Bobby a visit today, and left a tambourine a drum, and two shakers. We also received a lovely fleece blanket from Miss Catalina of the hospital Child Life center. We love Miss Catalina! The music instruments are a welcome addition, since Bobby is feeling better and starting to get r.e.s.t.l.e.s.s. (as are the Mamas :)

Here are a few picture/video tidbits from the past couple of days...

Mama A singing to Bobby (and Bobby's response)...