Brianna Update

Good news!! The TRC just called to let us know that Brianna will be able to start her 2 week trial on Monday. She will be there 11/16 to 11/20 then a break the week of Thanksgiving and then back on 11/30 to 12/4 if she passes they will take her right into the program on 12/7.

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Brianna went to the doctor yesterday and he released her. Kidney/bladder infections is gone legs look good. As soon as she got home she put on her jeans. She was a happy camper. I have a call into the TRC and waiting to hear back from them to see when Bree will get to go back for the one week assessment for J.O.B.S. Well most of the trees in our yard have lost their leaves they look so sad. Yes I have been busy with my crafty things our Harvest Fair here in Portland is Saturday, November 14th.
Once we hear from the TRC I will post again.
Everyone be safe at whatever you day but enjoy life.

Brianna update

Bree went back to the doctor on 10/19 and he was very pleased at how good her legs look. The one sore is really deep so it is taking a while to heal. The other two are almost completely healed. He will see her again on 11/2 for another recheck. Now if they are still looking good then she gets to start walking more and wearing pants again. She will start out in sweats and jogging pants then she will graduate to jeans. Once she has worn her jeans for a few days with a lot of walking and no rash then he will release her. Then we notify TRC and they put on at the top of the list to come back for another one week trial. They would do a one day assessment for JOBS to see if she can go into that program. If the assessment goes well then it is back on the list for an opening so she can do her trial period with them. Their trial period I believe is two weeks then if she passes that then I believe it is back on a list for an opening. This could go on forever. Lets hope not.

Just moving along

Well Brianna's legs are looking much better. The skin is peeling some from the infection. The meds they have her on for the bladder/kidney infection makes her drowsy other then that no hives which is awesome. Bree doesn't do well on antibiotics. She only has one spot that still looks yucky but each time I put the cream on it seems to slowly be improving. Thanks for all the prayers. Now if Bree will just take this situation and learn from it then that will be a good thing. She can't live on four or five hours of sleep a night. It only took a little over two weeks and her body started crashing. We will have to wait and see what happens once she gets back to TRC. We have already told her she WILL NOT be staying there over the week-end until she proves herself. We will pick her up on Friday right after her class and take her back Sunday evening. She is not a happy camper on that note but we told her once she has proven that she will go to her room no later then 9pm and take care of herself then we will slowly start letting her stay over the week-ends. We hate treating her like a child but if that is how she wants to act then SO BE IT.
Take care everyone.

Getting Better

Brianna is getting better and Shelia is doing a AWESOME job nursing her. We have been doing a lot of talking to Bri regarding her taking care of her self. I am sure Shelia will post more in the days to come.

Brianna Update

She went to our doctor today. He could not believe how bad it was and believe me it has gotten so much better. He took her off the cream and put her on clotrimazole antifungal cream and fluconazole for the yeast infection. He is sending off the urine sample to see if she has any infection there. He said to give her baths 3 to 4 times a day and to keep the area dry. The doctor also went over the importance of sleep, eating well and drinking water. He told her she needs at least 8 hours of sleep each night.

Update on Brianna

We received a phone call from the TRC yesterday that they were doing a medical discharge on Brianna because she is so ill. They put her in a wheelchair on Thursday late afternoon after the doctor saw her for a second time and the infection was not getting any better if anything it was getting worse. They want her walking as little as possible because with her gate she is just rubbing those thighs raw.
WOW this yeast infection on her inner thighs is awful. It is rubbed raw. It is half way down her inner thighs. I have never seen anything this bad. She is in so much pain when she tries to walk. The doctor at the TRC has her on Nystatin Cream which is put on twice a day after she has showered and then she is also on Keflex 500 mg one cap in the am and pm. We have a doctors appointment with our doctor on Monday morning. She is a mess. She was so tired she went to bed at 9pm, even though she wasn't tired and was sounded asleep in 10 minutes.
Once she gets well we call the TRC and they will put her on the top of the list to see about getting her in the JOBS program.