Thursday, May 2, 2013

Not Tomorrow

Well today we learned that Shirley will not be released from the hospital.  While she had progressed sufficiently, the Thoracic team does not want to weigh in a timeline until they inspect her wound during tomorrow's wound vac change.  Shirley is a relieved as this gives her more time to process this change.

We've begun meeting with the teams that will support her after discharge.  Today, a pharmacist from the Home Infusion team stopped by.  The plan is to leave her PICC line in so that she can self-administer the IV antibiotics that she is still taking three times per day.

I'll provide another update tomorrow after we talk to the surgeons.

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