Today is another sleepy day. She had a fever last night and this morning so she was under the cooling blanket with ice bags in her armpits. You can imagine how awesome that feels. But as of about an hour ago her temperature is 99.1 - that's a low grade fever. Anything above 100.5 is cause for alarm. However, her white blood cell count is up since yesterday which is a sign of infection. Mr. Infectious Disease has been called in. (I haven't met him yet otherwise you know I would give you one of my super helpful descriptions.) They're doing what they can to hunt down the infection. Take blood, do X-rays etc. This morning they did a CT scan to even check the brain. That's when we all stopped breathing of course. But sound the trumpets, the scan came back clear. And her lungs seem fine too. It remains a mystery for the time being - leave it to my mother to require a team of experts. I wouldn't be surprised if she's just messing with everyone to see how hard she can make them work. I can just hear her, "Oh please, that's all you've got?"
The other little issue is that her intestines have made the decision to take a break. I guess that happens now and then after people have surgery, but that doesn't mean it isn't cause for concern. Until they decide to check back in, mom can't have any more snacks. I know she's always on a diet and whatnot, but I think she's gone too far this time. So today's mission, find the infection and wake up the intestines.
Needless to say, today will probably be a long one.
What else can I tell you? We brought CD's today, she's been listening to Cole Porter. Every once in a while she yawns. And every day she starts to look more and more like herself as the swelling goes down. She sleeps a lot, squeezes her ball, sometimes throws it and spends a lot of time moving her right leg around.
I can feel you all holding a collective breath. I am too. I think it'll be just a little bit longer though.
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