Slow Progress

I've been swamped with work and the house construction but finally made it up to the hospital last night with my Uncle Mike last night. We walked in and she was calmly staring at the ceiling while playing with her fingers and looked great. When she saw us, she dropped the pacifier in her mouth and immediately started crying. I wasn't surprised by this reaction as they had stopped feeding her a few hours earlier due to concerns about dumping (diarhea). The basic plan over the next few days is to slowly try to reintroduce food to her gut. Unfortunately, she's struggled the past few days when they give her food so they've had to stop and start a number of times. This likely indicates that she's still getting over a virus infection-- no cultures have grown but everyone's still convinced she has a virus-- and we hope this resolves itself in the short-term. The summary from the doctor ended with: "We want to feed her and as soon as that works, get her out of here."

That's about it for now. Kirsten's headed up tonight to State College with friends to watch Michigan State demolish the Nittany Lions and ruin their story book season. I'll be working to complete the kitchen construction and will definitely spend some time up at the hospital with Madeleine. Don't expect any major updates until Monday when I hope to report that we're close to going back to HSC. Have a great weekend.

Brent