Getting Baclofen Pump Today

This was just sprung on Casey and Jana yesterday afternoon and I was on call for 30 hours and didn't find out until this morning about 1 hour ago. She has been cleared by the Infectous Disease Dr. Fisher to get the baclofen pump. The neurosurgeon with the most experience in Denver with Baclofen pumps at Sweedish hospital who works with Dr. Ripley was able to get her in on short notice today for the pump. She is leaving Kindred Hospital now to have surgery at 3:00 pm Denver time in about 3 1/2 hours. Pray that it goes well and that the pump does not get infected. She is very calm and comfortable now. She has not had a fever since 9/30 and Dr. Fisher said she probably didn't have a pneumonia and was just colonized with MRSA in her trach which is common and she has been treated with a very powerful antibiotic for the past 4 days to decrease colonization. We are going on his word even though she has had very thick sputum and high heart rates, and a high white blood cell count over the weekend. The chest X-rays have been clear and what was thought to be a infiltrate was scarred lung tissue from previous surgeries in the left lung. She will be given a few more days of antibiotics as a precaution. I hope everything goes well. I will post an update after the surgery.