bleh.......

Today we explored the Infectious Disease department at Children's Mercy.  


The evil staphylococcusaureus is attempting to rear its ugly head!!

staphylococcusaureus

So we are fighting it by doubling our dose of clindamycin, and adding another weapon: rifampin.  Together, these two drugs/weapons are predicted to slay the evil staphylococcusaureus!!!

The side effects of the new drug are similar to the clindamycin, with one important distinction:  rifampin is known for turning your urine orange.

It can also turn your tears or sweat orange.  This should be interesting....

We go back to the orthopedic clinic on Wednesday of this week to see what they have to say.  We need to keep the staphylococcusaureus  at bay for at least a month before we can take out the plate, so keep your fingers/toes/arms/legs etc crossed for us!

(did you guess-- I love the guy's pronunciation of staphylococcusaureus )