8/22/2009

Today was just another day in the neighborhood. Mackenzie is showing a lil more improvement each day. They continued to let her try and get her blood levels back to normal on her own, which they are slowly improving. She has been pretty much sleeping all day again. They took an x-ray of her one leg cause it was so much more swollen than the other. They wanted to make sure there was no problems going on which there wasn't. The nurse this morning told us they heard some bowel sounds, which is always good news. Her swelling overall was down considerably compared to yesterday. This is because they stopped giving her so much fluids and they were glad to see she was able to get rid of it all on her own without the use of lasix. Her lil face actually looks like her again. The surgery team will be in at six in the morning to asses her to see if she might be ready to go and get closed up. If not then most likely monday. But things seem to be looking good for tomorrow. One doctor said today that her lab results don't look like they belong to someone with an open abdomen... which is good to hear. Her blood pressure started to drop today some but the nurses said it was because she is so relaxed. Not much more to report today, it's just kind of a slow on going process. Might i add that we need to get her outta here soon cause she really could use a bath... she has dry skin all over, she smells a lil weird, and when you kiss her lil forehead it taste like salt ha. But, once again thanks for the prayers. Has a great night or day.