Foiled Again

So, we know we are getting closer to being sprung.  We know the numbers are going up.  We know the doses of antibiotics are counting down, we know this but now we can't prove it....

Her Hickman will not give up any blood.  If there is no blood then there are no counts and if there is no way to tell the progress.

So if your Hickman does not work the nurses insist you practice your yoga poses and then you are supposed to cough.  Sit up, breath deeply, moving your arms in the air, doing shipping signals.  So when none of that does the job the nurses order an Xray stat.

Mary-Elizabeth stayed awake since she was told that the Xray would happen at 5 am. She heard the word, Shift change and went back to sleep.  

We walked to Xray and they looked to see if the lines were still in her heart... (pausing a moment to deal with nausea).  The line is fine, the TPA has been ordered.  It is sort of like Draino for the Hickman.   So we wait.