MRSA

Yip, we still in hospital. Been in since thursday. The MRSA bacteria started showing itself on friday night. Bobbinog's temperature went up to 39 at one stage, but good old reliable panado curbed it down again. It has been stable at 36/37 since saturday morning. The second blood culture came back positive for mrsa on saturday morning, so they decided to remove the broviac, as the bacteria normally hides in the cap and covers itself with a protective sheath so the anti-biotics cannot kill it. So at 6pm on saturday, Bobbinog was wheeled into theatre. He was out again 30 minutes later as its a quick procedure. They then also put a drip into his ankle as he need an iv line for his meds. He had a good night saturday night. Sunday has been tough on him. As he no longer has a broviac, his blood tests are done the normal way, through a needle in the arm..... assuming they find a vein. He has holes in both wrists and both ankles and on top of all that, he yanked his drip out too. I miss the broviac already. It was magic as all blood tests and medication went through it. But as it was a direct line into his heart and it may have been contaminated, it had to go. When they do his liver resection, they will install a new broviac for future bloods and chemo's at the same time, so we just need to get through till then.
We got the culture back on the broviac tip, and it was negative. So either the bacteria is in his blood and not the broviac, or they have zapped the bug. Will know tomorrow when his blood culture from today comes back. The broviac had to go anyway as it was an external device and it was too risky keeping it in as it could have caused major problems.
However, health wise, you would not say Bobbinog was sick, as he has been laughing and talking all day today. His temperature is still down and his appetite is normal. However he is still on antibiotics until we get negative cultures, so another night in hospital. Will know tomorrow.