So, within seconds of Lydia being admitted to the Intensive Care ward she started behaving herself again - typical!! It's just like when you take your car to the garage to sort out the problem and lo and behold it starts performing nicely again, or like when you go to the dentist in agony and the minute you sit in the chair you can't even remember which tooth it was that was giving you trouble!...anyway, I digress!
The lumber puncture test came back clear, so it wasn't meningitis. We're still waiting for blood culture results to see if there is some infection that needs sorting. These should be back in the next couple of days. We're also still waiting for the latest MRSA swab test results to come back. She needs three clear results before she is certified clear of it, although the antibiotics she is still having as a precautionary measure might well see the majority of that off.
She was moved back to the cardiac ward earlier this evening and seems OK in herself, but pretty tired. They are feeding her down a nose tube again so she doesn't get too tired. If all the tests come back clear and they can't blame "an infection" they will put the "blip" down to premature babies just taking a while to work out how to breathe whilst sucking (apparently this is common with little babies, especially those with heart problems)!!! They also think all the "fussing" (eye tests, hearing tests, bloods to be taken, scans, feeding from a bottle, etc, etc) yesterday might have had something to do with it. In terms of the heart operation, we spoke to the cardiologist this evening and he will contact Bristol to arrange a date for the op later this week, so long as the MRSA swabs come back clear. It sounds like there is quite a waiting list for heart ops, so the op itself may well be later next week. We pray she has a stable night tonight and it's all upward progress from her on in!
