Cardiologists Treating Diaper Rash

Today was, for the most part, uneventful. This morning during rounds, Dr. St. Louis explained that he's still not entirely convinced that the blockage in the pulmonary veins that was seen during the heart cath is really the serious problem that everyone is making it out to be. He still thinks that there is a possibility that there isn't really any serious blockage there; instead, he thinks that what was seen during the cath was simply a result of running a catheter close to those veins, causing them to spasm, which then looked like a blockage. He says that the diminished profusion that was seen in the left lung yesterday on the lung profusion scan could simply be the result of some blockage in the pulmonary artery, which they already knew was there, and would be pretty easy to fix during the Glen procedure. If he's right, this is good news, but of course, we won't really know until after her CT scan on Monday.

Lynnea also has some diaper rash. This is nothing new really; it's an ongoing battle to keep it at bay when we're at home, mostly because she hates bath time, so we don't give her a bath every single night, which would be the easiest solution to the problem. Dr. Kochilas and Dr. Hills (Chris) were both concerned about it. I told them that Desitin is the only thing that I've found that works on it that she's not allergic to. Did they listen to me? Of course not. They ordered some other prescription cream instead. It made Lynnea scream when we put it on her, so once it became obvious that she wasn't going to calm down, we (the nurse and I) decided to wipe it off. The nurse told the doctors what happened and they decided to get some Desitin (yes, the name brand stuff, not the hospital's similar product that doesn't seem to do much of anything) to use on her. I guess it's nice that, at least in the end, they listened to me. I just find myself wondering when diaper rash became something that we need cardiologists involved in to solve.