Hospital Update: Last Sunday (3/17) they pulled my infected line and placed a quad lumen femoral line in IR. We hoped the yeast growing would be the less resistant strain but that would be too easy. How I love being an overachiever. 😜Once again, amphteracin b is my only shot at kicking this so we are hitting me with that. The blood cultures initially continued to grow candida glabrata after pulling the line, setting things back a bit. But if all goes perfect and my most recent cultures remain negative, they can potentially place a new triple lumen line & pull this femoral as early as Wed/Thurs. I’m still having chills, sweating, and my WBC jumped a bit so we are keeping a close eye on that. I’ve had a huge increase in ostomy output, which only happens when I have a gi bleed usually, and my hernia is definitely getting bigger. My ileostomy is swollen and the skin is actually bruised around the stoma itself, which I’ve never had before, so who knows what is going on in there. We’re kinda just waiting and watching that stuff too atm. I’ve had more chest tightness, shortness of breath, and some pulmonary edema, so they have been messing with my vent settings, trying to get control of my co2 and ph. Lots of adjustments trying to find a sweet- spot breathing wise, but we finally seem to be getting there. Ugh, this is not how our ski trip was suppose to go. I didn’t even make it past Denver. I can’t believe I’ve been stuck in the hospital for over a week now. Please pray I start improving and can get my new line soon. I feel so blessed, as everyone taking care of me so far has been nothing but amazing. I can’t complain too much about the view either, but damn I just want to go home already! 😭 #teamtricia #terminallytricia #bacteremia #fungemia #candida #sepsis #intestinalfailure #tpn #ventilator #tracheostomy #trach #lifesupport #mito #eds #mcas #cvid