another update on Maggie from her carepages

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Another Day of Pain

Posted 8 hours ago

Good Morning Carepage Family,

Maggie is having a very hard time dealing with the pain in her arm

from both the Blood Clot and the Infection. She does have a PCA pump

with pain medicine that she can push the button on whenever she needs

to but it really only takes the edge off for her right now. She says

it is a horrible pressure feeling with constant burning. All that I

know is that it is making her miserable.

By dinner time tonight Maggie's pain had gotten worse and seemed to

have moved up her arm into her shoulder and around under into her

armpit. The infection has spread into her upper arm now too, poor

Maggie just cannot seem to get a break.

Maggie was started on Vancomycin (1gram every 12 hours) to try and

get control of the cellulitis infection. They are going to draw labs

now and three hours from now to see if the level of medication is

high enough in her bloodstream. They may need to increase the med or

add another one to it in order to get things back under control. In

the mean time Maggie has decided to just curl up in her bed and

sleep.....staying awake and trying to move her arm even the slightest

little bit is just too painful to deal with for her right now.

Because of the infection Maggie's sugars have decided to act up again

as well. Maggie has spilled both glucose and keytones in her urine on

and off since last night and her sugars have been in the 2 and 3

hundreds. She is starting to look like a pin cushion from all of the

insulin shots they have had to give her to keep her at a normal range.

Dr. Pesce (Maggie's Endocrinologist) is in the process of getting her

started on an insulin pump. Maggie chose a pink and promises to take

really good care of it. She can hardly wait for it to arrive. This

will mean 1 poke every 2-3 days instead of 8 pokes in one day.

I am not sure what tomorrow will bring for Maggie, thank all of you

for your kind words and encouragement. Michele, Maggie wants to send

you a huge thank you for the Tiger.....Maggie has held it in her arms

most of the day!!

The walls are filling up and Maggie is a coloring machine!! Please

keep her in your prayers right now as she continues to create her

master pieces, trying to distract her mind from everything else that

is going on!!

Just a quick update on her Vanco....had to increase it to 1 gram

every 6 hours. Her levels were not high enough which is why the

infection spread. (great!)

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Dear God! This child can be the new definition of 's Law! Thanks

again for the update. Helping to keep the prayer chain active...

le & (7) RF+ poly JRA, scleroderma, Raynaud's, etc...

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> Another Day of Pain

> Posted 8 hours ago

> Good Morning Carepage Family,

> Maggie is having a very hard time dealing with the pain in her arm

> from both the Blood Clot and the Infection. She does have a PCA pump

> with pain medicine that she can push the button on whenever she needs

> to but it really only takes the edge off for her right now. She says

> it is a horrible pressure feeling with constant burning. All that I

> know is that it is making her miserable.

> By dinner time tonight Maggie's pain had gotten worse and seemed to

> have moved up her arm into her shoulder and around under into her

> armpit. The infection has spread into her upper arm now too, poor

> Maggie just cannot seem to get a break.

> Maggie was started on Vancomycin (1gram every 12 hours) to try and

> get control of the cellulitis infection. They are going to draw labs

> now and three hours from now to see if the level of medication is

> high enough in her bloodstream. They may need to increase the med or

> add another one to it in order to get things back under control. In

> the mean time Maggie has decided to just curl up in her bed and

> sleep.....staying awake and trying to move her arm even the slightest

> little bit is just too painful to deal with for her right now.

> Because of the infection Maggie's sugars have decided to act up again

> as well. Maggie has spilled both glucose and keytones in her urine on

> and off since last night and her sugars have been in the 2 and 3

> hundreds. She is starting to look like a pin cushion from all of the

> insulin shots they have had to give her to keep her at a normal range.

> Dr. Pesce (Maggie's Endocrinologist) is in the process of getting her

> started on an insulin pump. Maggie chose a pink and promises to take

> really good care of it. She can hardly wait for it to arrive. This

> will mean 1 poke every 2-3 days instead of 8 pokes in one day.

> I am not sure what tomorrow will bring for Maggie, thank all of you

> for your kind words and encouragement. Michele, Maggie wants to send

> you a huge thank you for the Tiger.....Maggie has held it in her arms

> most of the day!!

> The walls are filling up and Maggie is a coloring machine!! Please

> keep her in your prayers right now as she continues to create her

> master pieces, trying to distract her mind from everything else that

> is going on!!

> Just a quick update on her Vanco....had to increase it to 1 gram

> every 6 hours. Her levels were not high enough which is why the

> infection spread. (great!)

>

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