Last night was pretty bad. She had a dose of Benadryl, then the vancomycin. She completely lost her mind on the Benadryl. She screamed, kicked, thrashed and tried to bite. Those meds make her crazy. Pure and simple. We knew she was growing gram + cocci, so vanc is best, but not for her. Thankfully, they changed antibiotics after the first dose because of the awful night.
She used energy she really doesn't have. She's been wiped out all day. By this evening she could barely hold her head up. Feeds went terrible, and she drained off lots of yucky green stuff. No one knows why she has that stuff in her tummy when she isn't being fed there. It's discouraging.
Good news/bad news for the line. The bug she grew is fairly benign in the staph family. It doesn't make kids sick, unless they have a central line. Apparently that little bug lives quite happily on plastic. So she will have to do home IV antibiotics for a few weeks to sterilize the catheter. Good news is, once they have the sensitivities back, we can leave. That might be as soon as tomorrow. They also feel confident that the line can be saved. This is probably all related to the hole, and because it's no longer there, the line should be okay. Thank. God.
For now, we wait as patiently as possible for next steps. It could be--and has been--much worse. As long as nothing else grows, we should be okay. Yay for good news!
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