a little bit better

Caley is working on fighting off whatever infection she has. Her fever hasn't returned, and we're told she's making white blood cells appropriately. Her color is better, and she's back to being more ornery than she was the last two days. So as far as we can tell, the antibiotics are working and she is fighting off the infection.

We still don't know what the infection is/was, though. Her blood cultures are negative after 24 hours, her spinal fluid and urine showed no signs of infection, and the first sample of tracheal secretions were negative too. They took a second sample from the endotracheal tube today to test again, but so far, no hints on the source of her infection. Frankly, we don't care where it was, as long as it goes away!

Caley is still on the ventilator, but has been needing less and less oxygen all day. They've also been weaning her off the dopamine, and her blood pressure seems to be stable now. She's still sick, but seems to be heading in the right direction. Here's hoping for another day of small improvements tomorrow.