Morning Update

I'm feeling rested, but still pretty pooped. Also feeling oddly "free."

I got a GOOD night sleep, and just got caught up with Devon at the hospital. Jordan's sodium bounce back wonderfully, and is now just shy of normal, and out of seizure range (from 115 to 130). Also, her white blood cell count plummeted, and is also just shy of normal again (from 30,000 to 18,000). They couldn't work with the IV last night, so they had to put a catheter in her heart, which took two tries, two xrays, and ~3 hours. But hey, it worked, and I'm kinda glad I wasn't there for that. In other good news, despite the Na treatment, her blood pressure is down, and she wasn't even medicated for that. This is all GREAT.

But now her potassium is way low, so they're starting her on a K drip for 4 hours. After that she'll be allowed to eat again (she hasn't had any food since ~ 8:00 pm and is HUNGRY & MAD). After the K drip they'll do another set of labs and then try to let her coast for awhile to see what she does on her own, once she's been replenished.

So, still some wacky, inexplicable things going on, but things are starting to straighten out a bit. We'll definitiely be in the hospital again tonight, but that's okay, we're treated well there. Nana Noma & Avery are coming for a visit this morning -- Avery's first visit to the hospital since Jordan was born, so I hope she can handle it. Nana Noma thinks she's ready to come see us, so that's what we'll do. She's a pretty nurturing, caring, protective kid when it comes to Jordan, and she knows she's sick (all too well), so I'm sure she'll do just fine. Plus, they have some of the greatest play rooms in town there since it's a kids hospital.

Well, gotta get back down there and see how Devon survived the night on his own.