First Update

Hi everyone!! This is my first attempt at a blog, so bear with me. I will try to update this at least everyother day. Visiting hours at the hospital are from 10 to 8 and cell phones are not allowed in the hospital. So nobody be upset or worried when you can't reach me or I don't call you back for a day or two. I am just really busy and tired and trying to get some kind of routine in place.

So all about Mom.......

Last Saturday they discovered that her feeding tube was infected and pulled it out. They had to put a NG tube back in her nose, which she hates and has pulled out once. The infectious disease doctor came today and checked her belly. She says it looks much better and it not as red and hard as it has been. She still wants a surgeon to come and check it, make sure it does not need to be cleaned out. She was happy she was tolerating the antibiotics well. Since she is allergic to penicillin, it is hard to find something to give her.

Also today, a blood disorder doctor came in and checked her out as much as he could, he did not want to wake her up. I guess her red blood count is down and is anemic and they wanted him to look at her. He said he would run some tests on her and see if anything was going on, but it could just be because she has an infection.

She is down on her ventilator to a 6. That is the ventilator is only breathing for her 6 times a minute and is on 35% oxygen. Her oxygen saturation was at 99%.

She has been really awake and alert in the mornings. Her nurse this morning said they had a really nice conversation. (The nurse talking and Mom blinking) She definitly knows what is going on. She smiles at me all day long and rolls her eyes at me. The past 2 nights when I hugged her goodbye, she was able to pat me. She loves to look at her pictures of Jonah, Paige, and Zach, watch Luca on my phone and listen to Zach's voice on her Birthday card.

I know I don't have too much to tell you, but it is just a slow process. I was told this hospital slowed things way down and used the first 2 weeks to watch a patient and see what was going on in all aspects and go from there.

Just hang in there with me and just keep praying!!

Bunches of love,
Angela