For the Love of Mending Hearts: Some answers ... more questions...

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Some answers ... more questions...

Just a quick post...

Today we found out that Jordan is on the antibiotics for the long haul! The MRSA test came back negative (YEAH!!) however it is a staph infection and the blood cultures started to grow so now it is in her blood. We don't know the sensitivities yet though so she's going to stay on Vanco. Simply, finding the sensitivities requires testing the bacteria against different antibiotics and seeing which ones fight it and ones that are resistant to it. We will be meeting with the infectious diseases doc tomorrow to find out what the next step is to fight this infection.

Good news is Jordan got up today and walked around with her Daddy and brothers. And when I say walked around, I think we've covered every inch of the halls of this unit :-) We found a 2nd fish tank and that this unit just goes and goes. Luckily a lot of the beds are empty!!! I find that to be a GREAT thing!!

Thanks all for the prayers and good thoughts. We are feeling them!!

Tracey

3 comments:

Stefenie said...: Hey Tracey. I am relieved to hear that it isn't the MRSA but that sure does stink that she has a staph infection. Poor kiddo!!!

Saying LOTS and LOTS and LOTS of prayers for Jordan to recover from the infection quickly!

Call me if you need to. You know I am always here to listen.

{{{HUG}}}

Stef, Ryan, Wyatt and Logan
www.whenlifehandsyouabrokenheart.blogspot.com; January 24, 2010 at 9:27 AM
Jen said...: Tracey,

I am so sorry to hear of this latest development. We will definitely be praying for whatever it is to go away soon so you can get back home! :( What a bummer!

Take care,
Jen, Craig & Andrew
http://www.thehuegelfamily.blogspot.com; January 24, 2010 at 12:29 PM
Unknown said...: We are thinking of you and keeping you all in our prayers!

The Spencers; January 25, 2010 at 3:13 PM

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I’m a Wife & Mom of 3-2 boys & a girl. Riley is 10, Drew is 8 & Jordan is 4. My sons keep my husband & I moving all the time with sports-baseball, football & basketball mainly. Jeremy & I play volleyball & softball so we are busy with that too. Jeremy works at UIHC as an Implementation Consultant (he trains on Epic currently). I have run a daycare out of my home for the last year. Prior to that I worked at the U as an Auditor (I know, I know) & a real estate agent/personal assistant.My daughter, Jordan, was born August 9, 2006. Just about everything about the pregnancy was "normal" and she was born by a scheduled C-section. She was born at 8 lbs 3 oz and 20 inches so she wasn't a small baby. She lost almost a whole pound before leaving the hospital but we were sent home thinking it was normal because all newborns lose weight when they are born. Her doctor thought she had heard a murmur but figured it was a ventricular murmur & it would close up on it's own as many babies are born with this. After 2 weeks, her doc didn't hear it anymore so no further testing was done at that time. Jordan had issues with her weight & growing overall. She dropped off the "curve" & created one of her own. We would go in throughout the year just to have her weight checked. We still didn't know that anything was wrong. At her 1 year wellness check, our doc thought she heard the murmur again. Her doc hadn’t heard her murmur before which we found out that can happen. Some are just silent until it starts to work harder or has some "wear and tear". This was a Friday. We were at the peds clinic at UIHC Monday doing tests & found out her heart issues. By Wednesday, we had her open heart surgery scheduled for the following Wednesday & was home by Sunday afternoon. Talk about a whirlwind!!Once we learned more about this condition, we learned that there were signs that we brushed off as Jordan just being Jordan. The sweating when she sleeps, not moving more than a 5 ft radius once she was put down even at 1, not eating much in one sitting along with her lack of growing (Failure to thrive just doesn't seem to fit to me when she is always smiling & laughing) were just a few of them that alone no one really thinks about but together may have brought up concerns. We don't ever remember her having blue spells or any other reasons for us to have her heart checked out prior.Now, a year later, Jordan has gotten bigger and starting to "catch up" to those her age. She is energetic & plays with everyone. She can take bumps and bruises I think better than her older brothers! We still worry about what is going on with her ticker because it changes at every one of her check ups. She still has a murmur & at her last visit in December, we found out that she also has subaortic narrowing. It is definitely something her doc is keeping an eye on.