Papworth Visit

After work today we collected Jude and went to visit Steven in Papworth for the first time, it was an easy journey, with no problem, finding our way round Papworth was interesting but we made it.

This was not a happy visit, Papworth is not a nice hospital, very dated, the staff are good and the food is an improvement on King's Lynn, but the environment itself was very poor and dated and didn't look very hygienic.

Other causes for concern was Stevens test result haven't been sent from King's Lynn, and won't arrive till beginning of next week, most frustrating and disorganised to say the least.

The surgeon is also not happy with the risk involved in the operation, because it is rare to replace a replacement mitral valve there is very little information available, thus the risks are quite high.  Once the results arrive and the surgeon can study them, he might be able to make an informed decision about the treatment plan, but we continue the waiting game :(

Steven has been put on a new antibiotic Teicoplanin, which believe it or not was the anitbiotic tested on the culture taken, so why wasn't that the one he was put on ugh

Teicoplanin is an antibiotic used in the prophylaxis and treatment of serious infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecalis. It is a glycopeptide antibiotic extracted from Actinoplanes teichomyceticus, with a similar spectrum of activity to vancomycin. Its mechanism of action is to inhibit bacterial cell wall synthesis.
Teicoplanin is marketed by Sanofi-Aventis under the trade name Targocid.
Oral teicoplanin has been demonstrated to be effective in the treatment of pseudomembranous colitis and Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea, with comparable efficacy with vancomycin.^[1]