Sharp

Ian has had a pretty fierce ear infection since about March. He has been off and on antibiotics since then and has increased in strength over that time. This last time we went in, it was antibiotic shots back to back days. We are also going to see an ENT. Part of the problem is that Ian is immunosuppressed so his body doesn't want to fight this infection.

The trauma with the shots is now number 3 on my list with:

1. PICC line dressing change
2. IV start
3. Antibiotic shots

The antibiotic is very thick and so it takes a long time to inject and it then burns after it is in. It was swell to have to hold Ian down for it both days. Here is the before

and the after
On other news with things that are sharp....we are switching where we get our routine labs drawn. MUSC has been slow to turn around results and are having some issues getting the EBV results/blood done how CHOA needs it. So CHOA found a new place that is

a) closer to our house so no City traffic to deal with
b) can test EBV directly
c) results can be retrieved by CHOA directly
d) no parking fees

It is a win win all around so we are switching. I just got word that Ian's prograf level is crazy so we'll be using this new lab sooner than we thought--next week.