Update on Heather

We found out Heather has MRSA, the resistant kind of staph, but it is contained. They've been treating for it already, but can now focus their efforts instead of treating for everything. Heather got her drain (a suction pump thing that sucks blood and other gooey stuff out of the surgical wound) removed this morning, and should be able to go home Monday morning. She will still have a nurse come by to administer antibiotics intravenously, and will be out of school for a while. Heather is happy for the most part, but a little stir crazy because they won't even let her out of her room to stroll around in a wheelchair for a few minutes. She is also highly suspicious of nurses, but forgives them quickly after the mean stuff is over.

In 30 years of doing this kind of surgery, Heather's surgeon has only seen infections like this twice. Lucky Heather, but that means there is little risk of it happening again when they replace the pump, but they will wait until the summer to make sure every last vestige of infection is gone.