Happy to be here

Home...and she's happy about it. We walked in the door about 20 minutes ago and she's settled and happy. Oh, I love this sweet girl and that smile!

This a pretty good shot of what the boys have appropriately named her "robo arm". She's pretty good with it. The last thing we needed to give this girl was a weapon to use on her daddy. She is having so much fun "bopping" him in the head with it. Of course its the reaction she's getting out of him that makes it so much fun. If you happen to see a bruise or two on him in the next few days just ignore it. Its all in good fun.

We are waiting on a nurse to arrive and officially "admit" Ash for home health. We've never been home with a peripheral IV before and its a little intimidating. Their going to come out and keep an eye on it for us over the next 5 or 6 days and then remove it for us this weekend once we've finished her antibiotic. So far so good. Its flushing well and her arm is nice and soft. She doesn't like it one little bit as we flush it. You can tell by the look on her face and the crying that begins that it stings and is sore when were using it. It would be such a blessing for this to last all week long. In case it doesn't we have a couple of back up IM doses to be given, but I'm pretty sure I won't be able to do it. Please just pray for its protection and that it will hold out for us. Ash and I will be sticking close to home so that I don't have to take any chances with it loading her in and out of her car seat. I would hate to lose it over something silly like that. Its just not worth it.

Over all, as you can tell in the picture, our girl is doing ok. She's running some fevers which cause her to feel a little grumpy and her hands and arms are pretty bruised up, but other than that she looks good. She hasn't required and replacement fluids since we lost the line and our hope is that we can keep her line free for a while. I'm not getting our weekly labs because she doesn't really have a vein left that can be used for them(unless we stick her head or neck and I'm not willing to do that). So by next Monday's labs we should have a really good idea if she can stay hydrated without them or not.

Well, I'm off to do a load of dishes and switch some laundry. I'm really, really happy to have that opportunity. Its funny what you appreciate after a few days away from home. Hope you guys have blessed day. Take care. Trish