On the Mend

It's been a few days since Maddy got out of the hospital and things are going well. Monday was very busy getting all her instructions and meds for discharge. We finally got out of the hospital at around 4:00 in the afternoon. Just in time to get stuck in all the traffic of the clerical employees from the hospital leaving. But we were out! Monday night and Tuesday we spent most of our time getting everything situated for Maddy at the house. We also took Maddy for a hair cut, she was so excited! She is feeling really good. A little pain from being more mobile than she was in the hospital but they gave her some good meds to manage that. She is eating well and looking forward to gaining her weight back.

Today we had a early morning clinic visit. Originally she was just supposed to come in for a blood draw to check all her med levels but that changed after we left the hospital on Monday. There is a virus called CMV that just about everyone in the world has. When you suppress the immune system it can come out of dormancy. This sounds familiar! They already have Maddy on an oral med to counteract it but today they wanted to give her an IV infusion of something stronger to stomp on it. So the quick check in for blood work turned into a full on clinic visit. Everybody loves Maddy's new blue hair though!

We also have the schedule for her Nissen surgery. She will come back for a clinic visit next Thursday the 28th and they will admit her for the surgery to take place on Friday. After surgery they said she gets to go home as soon as her bowls move. So hopefully that means she will be out again on Saturday or Sunday. Then it's a liquid diet for about two weeks and usually on to soft foods for another week then back to a regular diet. It's a good thing we have lots of Scandi shakes and protein powder at home!

That's about it for now. She has a week to be as normal as possible then it's back to the grind. Her spirits are high and she is enjoying her new lungs!

This just in...

Maddy came to work with me after the doctor appointment and everyone was very excited to see her. So excited they wanted to put her on the radio! lol. She recorded an interview with Jamie that he will play today in two parts, once at 3:35 & 3:50 then again at 5:35 and 5:50. I will post the audio from the interview here soon. Listen online at www.spiritfm905.com

Peace!