June 09, 2005 at 12:10 PM EDT

Another update so soon...
mostly because they are putting a new line in,
and I was booted out of her room.

The new line is because they have to pull one out of her groin area,
so she can start her whirlpool deal--hydrotherapy, in other words.
That's supposed to start tomorrow,
when they are also going to try to switch her from continuous dialysis to the intermittent kind; they're worried that she might not tolerate it, esp. in terms of blood pressure, but in order to start some things necessary for rehab, they want to try and get her off constant dialysis, which gets in the way of everything else.

She's been pretty alert this morning, but they assure me she's as comfortable as possible; I worry about not only pain, but the fear that must be there, too.

One of the kidney docs talked to me briefly about the ultrasound results, and his feelings that things don't look too good in that area. It's likely Sam will be on dialysis for a while.

In better news, the pseudomonas was negative on the last test--
apparently the positive reaction was from when her old tube was in, and she received a new breathing tube the day before yesterday, and so far, that's been clean. They'll retest in another 24 hours, but so far, so good.

Keep the prayers coming, as she has a lot going on the next few days.

Thanks,
Jessica

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Sounds like a Prayer or two for Sammy's Kidneys is in order ...
*DONE*!

Cinder & Smokey offer to keep her company in the Hydro Tub ...
Bowser says he'd rather just *watch*.