Angela seems to have been sleeping most of the day, hot date last night wore her out.
Good news: The infection is not showing up in any of the numerous cultures taken with the exception of her hip, so the bug is isolated for now. White coats say the fever started due to the infection but it's been determined the fever spikes are due to Angela being allergic to the antibiotics especially the mega doses they infused her with at first to knock out the infection. Her steroid dose will be small, 30mg, out of necessity - no adrenals, plus 'some' steroids will help coax the lupus away rather than carpet bombing the wolfs lair so to speak...ahem...
Angela's body had enough of this roller coaster ride, her arms are dotted with shrinking tapped and scared veins, bruised with punctured vessels from all the blood letting and IV's. Amazingly her hip is healing rapidly and continues to impress even the surgeon with her recovery rate. Now to keep the Lupus at bay.
Looks like my Angel will be able to come home first part of the week so optimism is shining. We'll have to keep her hooked up to the bottle, this one being a pharmaceutical and not chardonnay. The wine still seems a better option.
