New update from the CarePages

67 July 21, 2005 at 10:43 AM EDT
And the plan changes yet again...we came back to the ICU late yesterday afternoon. Sam's bps were low, due to infection, and one of her ICU docs came down to take a look, and it was decided that Sam could use a closer watch until the infection was under control, and that the appropriate place right now was ICU. If all goes well--she started a new antibiotic yesterday, as the bacteria causing the UTI is resistant to the other one they tried--we will only stay 3-4 days. Her bp is fine again, and after sleeping all day yesterday, Sam was quite perky in the early evening, and played with Aunt Johanna, Mommy and Daddy. She sat up for a couple hours, danced to the Wiggles, and gave us lots of smiles. The vomiting is still an issue, and they will be checking into that again. Some good news, though, is that she hasn't had dialysis in a week, and her numbers still look good enough. We just need to clear this UTI, and get back to rehabbing. Send some good thoughts Sam's way; this is just another setback, but we'll move forward again!
Thanks,
Jessica
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Good news on the dialysis front, that's fabulous. Sorry about the slight set-back and infection, but we hope things continue to improve for *our* Sammy! (She does know she now has hundreds of aunties and uncles and grammas, right? )