Almost Released

Alexa is on the verge of going home. After feeling horrible yesterday, everything aching, headache behind her eye's, she slept most of the day and night and now she's back to being more like normal. She hopped into the bathroom to take a shower this morning. Now she's eating breakfast. A bite of the worst waffle either of us has ever tasted, cup of fruit, raisin bran with low fat milk. Approaching normalcy. Yesterday's food intake was 3 cubic centimeters of tofu.

Breakfast and shower made her sleepy, so time for another nap.

The doctor almost let her go home today. Her INR, which is the blood test used to measure the Coumadin effectiveness, was very close to the acceptable range this morning, but she still has a low grade fever, and her liver, as suggested by her blood results, might be inflamed. And she's got a new cough.

So, she's in for another day. Chest x-ray, maybe liver ultrasound, IV drip and blood work all day long. After she wakes up we might try a wheel chair excursion to get her some fresh air, something she has not had for over a week. When's the last time you were not outside, even for a minute, not even close to an open window, for more than a week? For more than a day?


Here's a diagram. Yes, I saw the duplication not permitted copyright, but decided to risk it.