Still Hanging Out at Vanderbilt

I saw this Charles Schultz drawing when looking through "things" on the iPad today and decided it was the perfect picture for tonight's blog.  Our last day of October/Halloween has been a pretty quiet one.  Not a lot happening around here.  Our room has been pretty quiet except for a nurse or other hospital employee popping in now and then.

It looks like Woody will get to go home tomorrow.  They will be switching him over to oral antibiotics when he is next due for antibiotics.  They will be giving him an oral antibiotic that is close to what he has been getting in his IV.  We had an interesting conversation with the  infectious disease doctor.  She explained antibiotics and answered several of Woody's questions.  Due to surgeries, the ortho Doctor didn't come in until late.  But he concurs with the infectious disease team and thinks that Woody will be ready to go home a while after he starts getting oral antibiotics.  So not exactly sure when they will release us.  Time will tell when we can notify "our driver" to come get us!  Hopefully they will give us an hour-and-a half  warning so we can have Nathan head our way.

Definitely Woody's pain is much better...one sign that the infection is reacting properly to the antibiotics that he has had.  He had a very good night sleep last night.  He was able to get right back to sleep after being awakened for one thing or another...so sleep broken up...but still got quite a bit.  He is dozing as I type this.

He will go home with oral antibiotics for a period of time and will be given an appointment to come back for a check in a couple of weeks with Dr. Holt.  They are still pondering whether the loose/broken screws might be causing an irritation inside his leg that might cause the infection.  We will address that problem after infection is cleared up.  I will say that I looked back at old X-ray reports and the screws have been broken for a while.  Anyway, it will be decided at a later time if he needs further surgery to repair the repair! Stay tune...to be continued.

Don't think that we will be seeing any trick or treaters tonight!  We're pretty much off the beaten path.  I'm hoping to blog from home tomorrow night". Time will tell!  Woody was given the task by his nurse to come up with something she could for him before her shift ended. He asked her to print off the Los Angeles Times daily crossword puzzle.  I always have trouble doing that task when he asks me to do it.  I hope she gets to leave tonight!  I know he has missed his puzzles.  I hope she is successful!