Today we haven't seen much change - yesterday was kind of a set back. From around 3AM until 6:30AM, doctors were in and out running test and poking at Emma. Apparently she had some fluid between her lungs and skin so they did a procedure to insert a chest tube to allow from drainage. On top of the procedure they ran 2 EKG's, ultrasound, bloodwork and an echogram. The echogram showed a bit of fluid behind the heart, so they started an IV drip and medication to treat that. After all the morning comotion on Thursday it stayed fairly quiet.
Emma (and mom) slept well on Thurday night - few interuptions. The bigs events for Friday consisted on getting the IV removed, weening off the oxygen, and 2 sedatives - pretty bad when one gets excited for a bowel movement, but Emma was having some pretty bad gas pains that have seemed to subsided, thanks to a little help. Emma got out of bed today and sat on my lap, and when Michelle came to visit, she walked into the room and cracked a smile and reached to sit on Michelles lap - could have been the cookie she offered her.
Head RN hinted that we are looking at Monday for a go home date now - they want to make sure her blood cultures are all negative and they will do another heart ultrasound, and if everything looks good, then we get to finally go home. In the meantime, living in the lap of luxory in my recliner chair that doubles as a bed, and fine dining thanks to the cafeteria and Subway. Fun stuff - almost as fun as our trip to China - at least I didn't lose my passport!
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