A few infections but not impossible to cure

First thing, this blog is for close family and friends. Please use this information with courtesy to my family. My dad is very private and stressed out. If you see him please don't not pester him about any of these details or tell him how bad his wife looks. Have some manners please and use some care if you have to drag him through all this medical stuff.  He does not understand half the illnesses and can't always hear the doctor- eh? Deal?

Now to put my mom's good neighbors at ease---


Bonnie has form of strep in her knee joint called beta hemolytic strep. We don't know where that came from. Her bedsore did get infected with a form of staph that is curable with antibiotics. Called gram-positive bacteria coccide. This staph is also present in the stuff she's coughing up. They also think she has pneumonia as well.

The good news is she does not have the hard to cure MRSA and there is no infection in her blood or her heart. This is a dodged bullet and a miracle. Her heart however is in a failure-type mode but I do not understand what that means or what is failing. Her blood pressure is very low so maybe that's the problem.

Obviously the swelling of her legs the care center did not try to correct was a sign of a weak heart. Her body retained water due to poor circulation and eventually created the swelling of her legs. When her legs could no longer handle any more water, the water came out of her legs in weeping sores. Hope you aren't eating while reading this.

This is a bad set back but we are hopeful once the infection gets under control she can resume healing from her heart valve surgery. Oh yeah that's where all this started.