3/12/08

The Infectious Disease Doctor came in today to see Emma. After looking at the test results, he changed her antibiotics again and is hoping for an improvement within the next 48 hours. It is now a possibility that she could have a pneumonia type infection. So, hopefully she will improve with these new meds. If no improvement is made then the antibiotics will be stopped so we can get a culture that has not been treated with antibiotics to see if anything else shows up. Yesterday she had an echo cardiogram and it showed no infection of Emma's heart valves which is a huge blessing because that could have the potential to be life threatening. Praise God that Emma's heart is doing well through all of this. She continues to spike fevers close to 103 degrees so she is getting Tylenol and Motrin around the clock. Emma is still exhausted and is sleeping about 19-20 hours a day right now. We have been reassured by Emma's doctor that he is seeing small improvements and is looking into other treatments to continue to help Emma heal from this. We thank you for your prayers and hope that Emma recovers soon.