Thursday, January 27, 2011

Goodbye Meropenem! Hello Weekend!

It wasn't soon enough for Alison, but today she got the green light to discontinue a medication that she had to mix together and then administer intravenously, called Meropenem. Dr. Sarah Bradley, the illustration below is for you. I found it in Wikipedia when checking the spelling of this drug!
Anyway ... the drug is an antibiotic that suppresses pseudomonas so it was essential to her regimen of care, but the lung patient is certainly glad it has run its course, because it meant she got to have the needle removed from the port that is in her chest. Probably cause for celebration and an ice cold latte from McDonald's!!


The patient upped her pace on the treadmill to 3.5 today (see new photo in previous post), had her incision examined (looks good) and was told she's still on schedule for a biopsy next Tuesday. She plans to lunch with a friend Friday, and will then have dinner and maybe watch a DVD on demand via laptop with her old Auntie Friday night.

Certainly some inquiring minds out there wonder if Alison had occasion to bump into any of the 13 Iowa football players hospitalized at UIHC for that muscle disorder. Answer: No, but she and her mom did see the Fox News van doing a broadcast outside as they left yesterday.  Like the rest of us, they're waiting to hear "the rest of the story."

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