Archive for November, 2007
We're at home now, getting a routine re-established for Will.
The Carle Home Health nurse visited us yesterday afternoon at about 2 PM to teach us how to administer Will's antibiotics intravenously, through his PICC line. It's a rather involved, nerve-racking process that involves flushing the line with saline, starting ...
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The pediatric orthopedists just stopped by. Willpower is doing great, and is going to be discharged this morning, after his 8 AM antibiotics. We'll need to do a follow-up visit next Friday, but we can go home today!
The next update I do will be from home, after we meet with ...
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The PICC procedure is successfully completed, and Will is awake and back in his room, drinking Pedialyte and screaming for formula.
The IV on his right leg has been removed, and the one on his scalp will be removed before we're discharged tomorrow morning. Right now, everything is pointing towards discharge ...
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PICC line procedure just got pushed back to 3 PM. My hunch is that it will be closer to 5 PM, but that's my latent optimism.
Jill Fisk brought us Jimmy John's for lunch. Mmmmm.
Grandpa Bill is holding Will right now, cuddling him under a warm heating pad (used ...
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No real changes in plans this morning. Still planning on PICC line at 2 PM, and discharge tomorrow if everything goes well.
Will had a great night of sleep, and had his last bit of formula at 6 AM. Now he can have only Pedialyte until 10 AM, and then nothing ...
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