A Better Night

I just got off the phone with Mallory's nurse, Jackie. Mallory had a good night. Her BP stayed where they wanted it for most of the night. It varied a bit when they went to far down on one, and up on another one of her drugs. They quickly made an adjustment and her BP came back to where it should be. They also did give her some blood products, which she tolerated. They did have to put an additional line in to give her blood. I was worried about Scott not liking that because she already has so many lines coming out of her. Jackie told me Scott was just fine with it. As Scott said, "she is still sedated and paralyzed, and on pain medication, she's not going to feel a thing'. The nurse got the new line in, in only one poke. Oh Happy Day! :)

Although she is finally pink in color, her hands and feet have been ice cold. This means the blood is not profusing the way it should through her body. Yesterday her legs were cold all the way from her knee down to her toes for most of the day. When I left last night she was making progress and was cold from her ankle to her toes. Jackie told me this morning that her feet are almost warm!! :) As you parents out there know, the one thing you can do for your kids is make shure they are warm. It's so frustrating when you have the warmest sock on your child and their feet are still ice cold. I know I said sock. She can only wear one sock right now because she has an IV in her left foot.

So all in all, Mallory and Daddy had a good night. I'm off to the hospital right now so Scott can come back to the apratment and sleep. We pray that Mallory continues on this path of baby steps forward, and hopefully we can soon start to think about waking her up and getting her off the vent. But one baby step at a time. :) Have a good day!