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Posted 2013-11-16T07:05:54Z

11/15 Update

Well, the good news is that the cardiologist ruled out blood pressure/heart rate as the cause of Shannon's excessive sweating.  As a result, he dropped some of the heavy hitting medicines that she was on.  That is a good thing because it was the side effects that were making her feel poorly.  I had been doing lots of research on my own and decided to take a urine sample myself to the lab for analysis.  Low and behold, she has a hefty urinary tract infection.  Yea Dr. Eric!  I don't think anyone followed up on it in the past because she has never run a fever.  They noticed the bacteria in the hospital but that is common for someone with a supra pubic catheter.  But they failed to do a culture on it (from what I'm guessing).  She started antibiotics on Thursday and felt a little better today but is still sweating.  I'm hoping that the antibiotics kick in in the next 24-48 hours.  This isn't necessarily the cause, but it's our best bet for right now.  I'm hoping for a happy Shannon this weekend.

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