Trip home postponed

On Wednesday morning, Larisa woke up with horrible pain just below her colostomy bag. As the day progressed it got really bad and she spiked a fever. They ended up quickly loading her up in an ambulance and sent her to Winchester hospital.

After blood work, ultra sounds, and a CAT scan, nothing real specific was determined, except for signs of inflammation around the area that was hurting. It appears that there is some kind of infection. The IV antibiotic that she has been on was to be finished on the 17th. The doctors said that often times this particular IV antibiotic will mask other problems that may be going on. They took her off the antibiotic and were waiting for results of labs and tests to determine what type of antibiotic they would need to give her. Thursday, she was still spiking a fever in the late afternoon, which postponed her trip home for the 18th.

As of yesterday, the fever has broken, and the pain has significantly decreased. She is on another antibiotic and seems to be doing better. However, because of this infection and the huge snow storm that we are getting, it has postponed her trip home until sometime early in the week.

Physically she is doing better, but emotionally, really bummed. Nothing more disappointing to hear you are going home, and then your not. We all want her home, but when her body is in a condition to be home. Right now she is just taking it day by day, we anticipate her to be home for Christmas - but it will be up to her body to determine whether she is ready to go or not.

Now her recovery will require a lot of patience, hope and faith to make it through the long days as all her bones and wounds heal. Not an easy task, but as we all know, when we have experiences that require a lot of patience and faith, in the long run we come out stronger and with new perspective on what we are capable of doing.