Peyton Update

Well, we took Peyton to the Dr. this morning at 9:15. She had a black like that started at the bottom of her scab that was going down her cheek. I know that that means the infection is getting into her bloodstream so it was not good news. As soon as the first Dr. saw us, she said, "um, I need to get someone else". Then the next Dr., thinking it was Pseudomonas from her previous cultures that were taken in Susanville, said, "we have some bad news, we need to admit her and get her on some IV antibiotics now." Of course I freaked, as did Jeanette. We preparred ourseves to have her go across the street to the hospital and waited while they got the bed open for us. About 45 minutes later another set of Drs came to see us. They told us they were the "admitting Drs" for the hospital peds unit. They checked her and then immediately called the "Pediatric Infection Control Specialist" who told them that there was almost no possible way that what she has is Pseudomonas, but is most likely MRSA, just a different strain than what they origianlly thought. The Dr. came back to us, and said " we would really like to avoid placing a healthy baby in a sick hospital, so we are not going to admit her. Instead we are going to put her on a different antibiotic that is going to beat this specific strand. If she continues to get worse, or if there is any sign to the negative, take her into the ER IMMEDIATELY. If she appears to be getting better then just bring her in on Tuesday and we will check her to make sure she stays on the right track." So that is where we are now. Happy we are home, getting her on the right medicine, and praying that she won't have to be admitted on Tuesday morning. We will try to keep you posted. Love, Lance and Ashley