Nothing really new

Piper had a pretty uneventful day, Saturday. Being that she tends to become agitated and de-sat when she is awake, she was kept a bit more sedated. The doctors took another X-ray of her in the evening, which came back almost the same as it was Thursday. Although we would have liked to have had it clear up a little bit by now, there are a few other things that have indicated that she is at least moving in the right direction. One thing, is that her white blood cell count has come down. That generally means that her body isn’t having to battle the infection as hard anymore. We have also been told that her blood-gas readings are still becoming progressively better.

I can’t help but think how lucky we are to live within walking distance to one of the world’s best children’s hospitals. It is so amazing to be able to come home and sleep in our own beds, and know that if something crazy happened, in the middle of the night, we could be right there in 5 minutes. We are always so impressed with the way that Piper’s doctors and nurses at Columbia have treated her and us, during her time spent there. Truly, enough can’t be said to praise them for what they do.

These are also the times that we realize how incredibly fortunate we are, to have such amazingly supportive family and friends. Even though we are so far from our families, they have done an excellent job of letting us know that they are there for us (and would be here for us, in the flesh, if we so much as made the request).

Saturday night we took a break from the hospital and  spent some time with some of our friends, having dinner, and just hanging out for a bit. It was so nice to have a little bit of a break from hospital. It was also nice for both Reagan and myself to be able to talk to some people face to face, besides each other, or nurses and doctors. Heheheh. Not that we don’t love spending time together, and chatting it up. But I’m sure that you can imagine, the conversations have been pretty heavy for the last few days. It tends to wear a person out.

Thanks again for all of the thoughts, prayers and positive vibes.