Persistent Fevers with Pneumonia and Bronchoscopy

Yesterday, when Erika was admitted, she was given Vancomyocin, a Gram+ antibiotic that would destroy the type of blood infection she had. Cultures show she had a type of staphylococcus bacteria in her blood. One hour into her infusion of Vancomyocin, she began to breakout in hives and was very itchy all over. Luckily they took her off of the antibiotics quick enough before it would have done more damage. Once Erika was stable again, they put her on a different type of antibiotic. 

Throughout the night Erika was coughing non-stop, with fevers of 103-104, and was having difficulty breathing. She is on oxygen right now. Every time she gets that high of a temperature, nurses draw blood for culturing and to check for lactic acid. Based on a scale of 1-4 for lactic acid, when Erika was checking in, she was at a 2.8. A 4 would put her in ICU. She was at a 1.8 last night and now at a 2.3. She has had three x-rays done on her lungs, but they didn't find anything abnormal. Just recently she just finished a CT scan on her lungs and doctors found evidence of pneumonia. At 4PM today Erika will have a bronchoscopy done to figure out what may be the cause of her difficulty breathing. The pulmonologist said that if there is one thing that will put her in ICU before the lactic acid, it will be her difficulty breathing. I hope they find whatever it is in her lungs quickly with a solution.