well, i'm still in the hospital. but i think i'm on the mend. my infection moved to a different section of my breast, and therefore there was a lot more swelling in that area. my doctor decided to continue treating me with the iv antibiotics, but also add benedryl to my laundry list of meds. his thought is that this may not be an infection. it may be my body is reacting to the drain and/or expander and producing histamine to fight it off. the benedryl's job is to put the histamine to sleep. those of you that know me well know that symma went through this whole "histamine cyle" a couple of summers ago when she was fighting hives. she developed a temporary allergy to cold- yes i mean low temperatures- and every time we'd walk into air conditioning, or go swimming, or walk through the freezer section at the grocery store she'd break into hives. so apparently our bodies produce histamine to fight off invaders. in my case i guess the invader is the drain. or perhaps the initial infection from the drain. in symma's case the initial invader was a super high fever. it took us 6 months of benedryl and zyrtec to get her histamine to go to sleep. let's hope mine goes faster, or my boob may explode!!
once again, i have to say that the nursing staff here is amazing. every nurse i've had has been so sweet, and chatty. they all have been very concerned about me and do everything they can to keep me comfy and happy :) it'll be a little sad to go home and not have someone to answer my every bidding ;)
the food here sucks. so mom and lindz brought me dinner from noodles & co. that was awesome. first good meal i've had since monday! and i just found out that i'm not NPO for tonight, which means two things: 1) i can eat and drink whenever i wake up, and 2) they aren't planning on doing surgery for anything tomorrow. these are both good things :0)
i've continued to have lots of visitors, which is wonderful. i didn't have a full-time babysitter today, which is good because within 10 minutes of my benedryl (given through the iv the first time, and then orally in pill form from then on) i fell asleep. for like 4 hours. it was *crazy*
i'm doing well, though, and i think i may go home tomorrow, but we'll see!
xoxoxo
mer
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Honey I am so sorry that you have to go through this, especially since initially things were going so well. I really wish that I could do something to help you. I don't even know where you are to come and visit :(
Thinking good thoughts for you!
Lori
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