Archive for October, 2005
October 21, 2005:
10:00 pm – Well, it’s been a while since I’ve updated the page. Many things to do as soon as we got home (house is almost ready to sell), and Emma was doing great at first. Tonight she and Miriam are staying at the Siloam Springs hospital for monitoring. Her heart is doing fine, healing [...]
Day 10: Wednesday, October 12th.
8:45 am – We’re coming home! The hospital just called our apartment and confirmed that Emma is being discharged this morning.
Day 9: Tuesday, October 11th.
11:30 am – Emma’s eating well. She went from 3.5 kg yesterday to 3.6 kg today (~3.5 oz gain, really good). She still had her oxygen tubes in her nose when we arrived, but the nurse told us she’s been off oxygen since this morning – just a bit of room air flow. Still no [...]
Day 8: Monday, October 10th.
Everything is going well. Nothing else to report really.
Day 7: Sunday, October 9th.
1:00 pm – Emma is still doing good! The nurse told us that she’s ready to be moved out of her ICU room, but there isn’t enough room in the stepdown area, so she’s staying where she is at the moment. They’ll be keeping her in the hospital until they’re sure she’s gaining weight normally [...]
Day 6: Saturday, October 8th.
9:30 am – The hospital called this morning while we were still at the apartment. They’re removing her chest tubes! She had several tubes put in during the surgery to drain excess fluids from the heart, lungs and stomach, but they have fulfilled their purpose now. I think as soon as she’s feeding well they’ll [...]
Day 5: Friday, October 7th.
Miriam went to the hospital this morning while I stayed at the apartment to get some work done. At 10:30 this morning, Emma’s ventilator tube was removed. She apparently didn’t feel like breathing directly afterwards, so they gave her some medicine, and she’s now doing fine. Now that she has the tube out, she can [...]
Day 4: Thursday, October 6th.
Emma is still doing well and not awake, so Dad and I decide to take advantage of the free golf pass that comes with the apartment, and head out there at 8:00 am. Miriam goes back to the hospital for the morning. The nurse says that Emma actually started waking up in the night, but [...]
Day 3: Wednesday, October 5th.
Emma sleeps well, and we give her steroids from the hospital at 2:00 am, and the last bottle at 4:00 am. And now it is time to go! We arrive at the hospital at 6:30 am . . .
Day 2: Tuesday, October 4th
Tuesday’s appointment is a general checkup-to make sure Emma is a good candidate for surgery at this time. After a series of basic tests and questions, she is declared ready to go. Fortunately, in the last couple of weeks she has gained a good amount of weight. She now weighs 7 lbs 14 oz, just [...]
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