mdlbear | Update on the FlowerCat (Reply)

High-order bits first: The flower_cat is in the hospital (see previous post for how she got there), but appears to be improving. As of 2pm today when I left her room, the redness was almost gone from her infected finger, and was retreating from the cellulitis on her right leg. She was still looking pretty pale, though; she's anemic and her white-cell count is still up.

She's still getting IV ampicillin, and got a shot of something in the opiate family at about 1:30pm to manage the pain. By the time I left at 2pm she was sleepy and a lot more comfortable. Yay for Good Drugs.

Biggest disappointment was the lack of both a WiFi connection and a place to plug in her little laptop; I spent some time this morning loading up an SD card with 4GB of filk and folk, but without a place to plug in it was useless. I did bring a stack of books, though; almost all paperback mysteries. Hopefully by the time she wakes up it'll be easier for her to hold one; between the IV in her left arm (she's sinister) and the pain from the infected finger on her right hand, it's been difficult.

Thanks for all your good wishes -- I printed out the previous post with its comments for her to read this morning, and we had a good phone call with cflute before lunch (*waves*). (Her cell phone is not where she can reach it, and she can't hold it -- don't bother. I can relay messages or dial and hold the phone for her while I'm there; I'll be going back this evening.)