Simple Staff

The infections doc (Dr. Zia) was just here and he had some good news. It turns out that Daniel has "regular" staph as opposed to methicillin resistant staph (MRS). The doc took Daniel off the one antibiotic. The vancomycin, which was the "big bag" that took nearly two hours to dispense twice a day was only needed if it was MRS. No, he's got him on a small bag that dispenses in a half hour, three times per day. That will continue for 3-4 weeks.

Dr. Zia spends lots of time explaining things. Daniel asked about going with pills instead of the IV at home. The doc explained that, with most orally taken antibiotics, the absorption rate is only 10-50%. With the IV it's 100%. So, with the IV you can be sure it's actually going to wipe out the staph and it won't comeback.

He's upbeat and the pain level is down quite a bit since yesterday. He's no longer using the morphine button which is a good indicator of pain level.