Monday Morning Update

Jackson and I slept very well last night. I was able to change his dressing around 10PM and then off to dreamland we went :)

We woke up at 6:30 to the plastic surgeon. He wanted to take a look at Jackson's finger. I felt so bad for Jackson just waking up and having to deal with his stupid finger. Luckily the plastics guy just looked at it and did not really mess with it too much. He left it open and told me that I could pack it when Dr. W arrived.

It has been so nice that the doctors and nurses here have let me take a very active role in Jackson's care. They realize that I deal with Jackson and his skin on a dialy basis and they just let me assist or even lead certain procedures. It makes me feel so mch more at ease knowing that everyone here is on our side. We did have a little trouble with someone that put an IV in but our nurse handled that situation for us.

We should be able to go home today. We are just waiting on the lab results to come back. We know that he has staph but staph can be sensitive to certian medications and not others. He is currently on Clindamyacin. Unfortunantly clinda tastes and smells like crap. Taking it orally would be a challenge at home. We are hoping the staph is sensitive to something like bactrim (which is an awesome grape flavor already- no extra $2.99 fee from Walgreens!).

We will need to follow up with Dr. W and plastics this week. Hopefully it heals perfectly and we will not land back in this place! I love Cardinal Glennon but I want my bed!!!!!!!