Closed Chest

Dr. Bryant did decide to close Lynnea's chest today during the wash out, so now she's all closed up. This is most likely a good thing; there is still a chance that, because they closed while her chest is infected, there's a chance that it will turn into a wound infection, causing the chest to not heal properly (this is what happened last year). The infectious disease doctors switched some of her antibiotics around now that we know what the infection is that we are treating, so hopefully this will work to clear it up. Her temp is now 101.8, but it is expected to continue to go up simply because having her chest closed was a stress on her body. They have also discontinued her paralytic drugs, so she is able to move again, though they still have her heavily sedated (unfortunately, without the paralytic drugs, keeping her sedated will most likely be much more of a challenge). She is on 50% oxygen today, tomorrow they might start trying to turn this down some.