Doing better today

Andrea seems to be doing better today. Her main symptoms right now are pain in her back which she has had for a while and dizziness/vertigo which she also has had for a while. The meds though are seeming to control the pain and vertigo ok. She still is very dizzy at times, but there seems to be no answer for the dizziness except valium.

She is no longer having any fevers. The doctors don't really know why she did have fevers. They have a few theories though. It could have been due to an infection generally, it could be an infection that she had in her PICC line, or it could be just her immune system recovering. They don't know if it is an infection because no cultures have come back positive for cultures. The CT scans also didn't show any new infections. So, maybe it is just her immune system recovering. Although the part that may seem like an infection is that the fevers stopped after the PICC line was removed and after she was put on antibiotics.

Either way, she seems to be recovering and feeling better today. She has mostly been relaxing and taking lots of naps. A walk and maybe a cheesy movie is also in her future.