Her night started great as Grandma Shele and Aunt Sammy flew in at a moments notice to comfort and help. Grace was so excited and grateful for their love as were we all. When everyone left Grace fell asleep easily, but not for long.
At 12:30 and 2am Grace woke up and her vitals were taken which usually consists of her blood pressure, her temperature, her oxygen level and so on. This is usually done by, for lack of a better description, poking and proding her. She doesn't even seem to care as she is woken up every couple of hours to be checked. She usually complies as she lifts her arms when needed , holds the thermometer in her mouth or turns to allow the blood pressure cuff to be applied.
This is the normal routine, but at 4am, her oxygen levels seemed a little low. After checking her out 5 or 6 times, restarting the machine, changing out the sensors, and turning on the oxygen tube to allow more oxygen to flow to her lungs, the nurse ordered a chest x-ray just to be sure there was not fluid in her lungs. Grace waited patiently, never complaining, never even acting put out for 2 and a half hours until the x-rays were done and she fell back asleep.
Everytime we return to the hospital, she somehow is feeling her worst, but exhibits her strength in ways that are unimaginable. I was annoyed just watching all the work done on her little body and yet she took it gracefully.
The good news is everything looks good, she has a viral infection and now we play the waiting game while we wait for her fever to leave and her numbers to climb. One good note is that the Doctors are giving her a pass to leave the hospital to attend the Lion King, a gift from Grandma Shele and Grandpa Glen for Eva's birthday. She was so excited to hear she would not have to miss this and we hope she will be home so as to not miss the 4th.
We will continue to update this as to her status.
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Go sweet Grace! You are my hero!
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