Moving to Bed 3

Well, it was moving day for Gracie. We moved out of our 'presidential suite' (our own private room) in bed 7 to bed 3, the same one we were in when Gracie was 3 days old. It is a lot noisier here and a lot less private. But we are told that this is a good sign that she is moving to a space where less care is needed. They sent blood cultures out today and yesterday and so far they have come back negative which means that the antibiotics are working. Very good news. The plan now is to watch and see if she continues to get better from her infection and to wean her off her high flow nose cannula. If she cannot come off her high flow, they will attribute that to her diaphragm still being partially paralyzed. If this is the case, they will do surgery to essentially pull her diaphragm down and make it easier for her to breathe. The ICU doctor made it sound like that surgery is not to big of a deal compared to what she has had done so far. However, let's pray that it will resolve itself and she will not have to deal with this. The IV in her right leg stopped working so they had to put a new one in her left leg. Poor baby, but they got it on the first try. I got to hold her for a long time which was lovely. She really likes being held. So, let's hope for some nice 'boring' days over the weekend.

p.s. it has been brought to my attention that some people think our occasional nick name for Gracie, 'Geeg' is pronounced like Geek with a g instead of a k. This makes me laugh. We pronounce it JEEEEJ, but spell it Geeg because it's short for GG which is short for Gracie Gledhill. Clear as mud? I thought so!