Improving !

Amy has been with Allison at the hospital for the past couple days and without computer access in the PICU. She has been working really closely with the docs and nurses there keeping Allison on the right path. She has been resting relatively comfortably and was even making happy noises at Amy last night. The docs decided (after consulting with Amy) to start feeding Allison yesterday and so far there haven't been any negative reactions to that. We will continue to monitor her very closely over the next day or so and start escalating the amount she's getting. After that, we will start making decisions as to when to wean her off the IV fluids and IV pain meds and transition her to meds via g-tube. She has started coughing a lot more, which is good and bad. She's coughing and clearing the junk from her windpipe which is good, but in the process she's risking inhaling the fluids back into her lungs (very bad) and also the more she coughs, the more pain she's in due to the fact that her surgery site is very close to her diaphragm. If all continues as it has been, we will most likely be moved out of the PICU and up to the PACU on the 10th floor. Not sure when that will happen, but it's the next logical step.

Keala has been acting a little under the weather today and spiked a fever earlier this afternoon. We're gonna keep a real close eye on her the next day or so, hoping she doesn't get really sick too. Jeff is off Sunday which is pretty convenient, especially if Keala ends up getting sick. If she doesn't get sick, hopefully we'll be able to get Amy a break Sunday afternoon and let her come home for awhile. Jeff starts swing shift Monday and wont really be able to get back up to the hospital to get Amy a break until Friday night.