I have the best news!!!!!!!

Meaghan's visit with the doctors at Hopkins was so much better than I dreamed.  The first bit of good news was that Meaghan gained enough weight, in spite of her vertical growth, to increase her BMI 4%.  The nutritionist says to keep doing what we're doing.  Meaghan is exploring her food options and trying lots of new things, something we should continue to push, gently, without being discovered.

But that is nothing compared to what I about to share.  After checking to be sure, Dr. P told me that the cultures from Meaghan's last bronc were NEGATIVE for MAI.  NEGATIVE!!!!!  That means Meaghan kicked the "bug" no one told me she would.  Dr. P says that we will continue to give the antibiotics that Meaghan is currently taking for the full year from the start of this nightmare.  We will have another bronc to test for the infection some time in the future.  She reminded me that the MAI is a slow growing, aggressive "bug" that needs to be taken very seriously.  BUT, she high fived me for all the hard work I put into taking the best care of Meaghan.  It seems like so long ago that I stood, in shock, listening to the Infectious Disease doctor tell me that we'd work very hard to get the infection to a point Meaghan could "live with".  Then today I heard Dr. P say it's gone.