Much Improved

Last night, Rebekah had a major improvement. She was taken off the C-PAP and then moved to intermediate (as previously noted). She has continued to be weened off her high-flow oxygen status, though she is still on high-flow. Her stats look great and her blood work looks much better. What they think happened is that she got the campylobacter and then, due to the loose stools, had interococcus (spelling?) introduced to her urinary tract. When they started her on broad-spectrum antibiotics yesterday, they were hoping that it would knock out whatever was the worst. At this point, she is on two kinds of antibiotics through the iv. The one for the camylobacter is being changed to an "oral" medicine today (being administered through her j tube). They are awaiting the sensitivity tests for the interococcus to see if there is an oral medication for her to take that will knock it out. If not, then she will have to stay on the iv antibiotic. They (the doctors because the nurses already knew) finally came to the conclusion that Rebekah really needs a more permanent iv access so that she doesn't have to constantly be poked for a peripheral iv. However, she cannot get that until she gets healthy because it is a surgery. Rebekah is also back to her feisty self and is letting everyone know when she does not like something, which is totally awesome!