Our regular team of doctors just stopped by for the morning briefing. Tess continues to look and feel better. Today we're waiting for her blood cultures from Tuesday to come back negative for the bacteria (total of 48 hours). We'll hear about that at about 4:00 pm today. If they remain negative until that deadline, then Tess will get her PICC line tomorrow afternoon.
The PICC is the thing that will eventually allow us to go home. With that inserted, it'll allow Tess to receive her antibiotic treatments at home (by a nurse at first then from us).
The overall timeline: After speaking with our lead doctor yesterday, a PICC insertion on Friday would probably mean us going home on Monday. Let's hope so!
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