Friday ending week 7

So yesterday when I signed the consent form for the suction/dressing change, they said Tanner would go down first thing, between 8 and 9 am. That sounded real good because after midnight, nothing to eat or drink. And Tanner gets to be a real bear when he's hungry! But later, the nurse came back an hour later and said anesthesia had meetings so Tanner wouldn't go down until 10am. Its so interesting to me how they "lay down the law" but they let ME be the enforcer! They aren't here to hear him scream on and on for chocolate milk at 2am! Anyway, at 6:45am the nurse woke me and said "the OR just called and they are coming for Tanner". So I was excited because they were early! No more stalling food and drink! So we headed down to the 4th floor, Tanner gets a little sedation and then the phone rings for our nurse. Its the surgeon Petros who says Tanner was supposed to be in the OR at 10am!!! What a fiasco! Anyway, somehow it worked out and the procedure went really quick. The wound looks clean, its healing nicely, but they are keeping the suction on until Monday. The bummer is, the culture from the cartilage came back positive for bacteria. This means 6 weeks of antibiotics because there isn't a lot of blood flow in bones like tissue, so they have to go longer on meds. Now, good news is the antibiotics they had already started IS compatible for killing the bacteria! Also, they do send home patients with IV antibiotics. It's just another waiting game (that I really HATE playing) for the wound to heal. We're here at least another week. Mark is home packing the house, moving boxes, and shuffling the kids around this weekend. I think we'll do the ole' switch-er-roo Monday after the next suction/dressing change.