NOT getting out today

Just got a call from Dad. Elizabeth will not be coming home today. Turns out that the first negative blood culture (from 12/17) grew the enterococcal bacteria at 2.9 days. Either the vancomycin didn't have enough time to get it all at that point, or Elizabeth has a resistant bacterial blood infection. Please pray that it is not resistant infection.

We will be taking Elizabeth and the boys to the Make-A-Wish party, and then heading Elizabeth back to the hospital before 4pm, when her next dose of vancomycin is due.

Hopefully the subsequent blood cultures stay negative. We should know by tomorrow if any are showing resistant strains. Again, please pray they aren't resistant. Resistant blood infections are deadly, and we've come way too far to be beaten by a little bacteria. I never think about something other than the cancer killing her, yet it is such a real possibility.

I will bring the cards and messages to Elizabeth at the hospital. What I had been preparing as a happy homecoming is now not going to happen today. Hopefully we can get her out no later than Friday. We are getting down to it, and she needs to be home this Christmas.