Some good news... along with a big concern.

I just spoke with Evelyn's nurse. There are some great things to report! Ev's swelling has gone down a bit, they gave her a diuretic late last night. Evelyn's red and white blood cell counts are back to a stable amount. Her platelet's are still low, but not severely low like before. She has no fever. She has been taken off of intubation periodically so she can exercise her lungs; they say she is doing very well with these exercies. They won't remove the tube permanently until she is awake and alert. They say this is because even her saliva can go down the wrong way while she is sleeping/unaware - causing her to choke. Her back is still covered with puss filled blisters and is black and blue. Dermatologist's came and biopsied her back tissue. They are now calling that SSSS - Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome. Basically, the infection in her thumb is so serious that it spread internally and is coming out all over her body (mainly her back). Infectious Disease took a sample from one of the blisters, so we are waiting to hear back from them. The other tests Infectious Disease Control did all came back negative, except for the severe staph infection. Her heart rate is still fast. They don't really know why. They decided to unhook the EEG because they had no abnormal brain waves to report in over 24 hours. Neurology will not sign off on Evelyn's case until she is awake. They are concerned that she has yet to wake up. If she doesn't wake up by tomorrow, neurology will need to re-think some things and get to work. She is starting to move her head slightly, but does not respond as they would like to all pressure/pinches of her limbs, sometimes she responds physically and sometimes nothing. 

Please pray that she wakes up tomorrow!! 

Thanks for reading and keeping up with the updates. We appreciate it a lot. 

PS. Mom has moved into the family house beside the hospital. She said it's cozy and she has wi-fi as well.