She has a bacterial infection in her breast tissue called Enterococcus, most likely caused by the bacteria entering her body through a small tear in her skin at birth or in the hospital immediately following her birth. Since the cord was around her neck, there is one possibility, or the belly button that looked uncomfortably infected, or the irritated cut caused by her hospital bracelet...
In any event one of the IV antibiotics has been removed, one remains and tomorrow we will see if we can go home, where she would need to be on an oral antibiotic for ten to fourteen days.
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