Here We Go Again!!

For those of you who don't know, Elise was admitted last Tuesday for a staph infection.....AGAIN! This is her second bout with the bacteria in the last year. In May 2010, she was admitted for two nights with the non-resistant staph (typical, common staph). This time, she was diagnosed with MRSA. This is Methicillin-Resistant Staph. I thought it was pretty serious; however, the doctors and nurses didn't think it was as serious as it could have been. Apparently only about 1 in 100,00 cases of MRSA is serious enough for a quarantined environment. (The doctors didn't even wear masks or require us to when examining her).

This time she stayed two nights and three days. Once again, she was such a trooper. She was poked, prodded, examined and injected with so many antibiotics....but was still able to smile and play silly. My mom took Mollie and Preston home with her Tuesday afternoon while Gamma (Bronson's mom) stayed with Elise for a while. Uncle Reed even came to pay a visit (along with Hokey Pokey Elmo!).

As much as it may sound serious, she was fine. The staff at St. Luke's was incredible! They took really good care of her (and me).

She really livened up when Daddy came for his evening visits after work. They even fell asleep together several times. She was enjoying all the attention!

The good news is she's doing so much better. She was released on Thursday and had a follow up visit today. Our Pedi was very pleased to see how well the wound had healed. And it looks like she's still a go for the PDA procedure on July 6th (it was rescheduled from June 29th).

The doctor also informed us that Elise is not easily contagious (skin to skin) and she is not a carrier of the bacteria (meaning it won't always stay with her). The prognosis is to bathe her in a bleach bath (along with Mollie and Preston) once a week and to continuously disinfect the bathrooms since that's where staph seems to hide out the most. All in all we're thankful that Elise is fine and it didn't get to a dangerous level. Thank you for all of you who prayed.