Monthly Archives: November 2006

In the words of the famous Dora the Explorer “we did it, yay we did it!” Shortly ater I posted the nurse came in and sprung us. We made it home a little after 1:00p.m. We had to go by … Continue reading →

Ellie had a good night off the oxygen and was able to maintain a good O2 saturation. The Docs came by this morning and said that she looks great and as long as the blood work they did this morning … Continue reading →

Ellie’s off the oxygen now and her oxygen saturations are staying pretty high. If she keeps that up, we should be able to go home sometime tomorrow. We keep saying it’ll be tomorrow and then the next day it’s tomorrow … Continue reading →

The last two weeks I have found myself saying “almost all done” a lot. Pretty much as soon as Ellie sees anyone medicial she freaks. So I say “don’t worry Ellie, they’re almost all done.” Imagine my surprise this morning … Continue reading →

They moved Ellie out of the ICU to the regular ward today. She’s doing fine, but they want to keep her in to monitor her for a bit longer. She’s been getting oxygen through a tube in her nose which … Continue reading →

We’re back in the ICU! Woo hoo! Around the exact time we were outside the Boston city limits last week we heard Ellie noticeably grunting in her car seat. The grunting got more consistent and pronounced yesterday and today so … Continue reading →

Hard to believe it has already been two weeks since Ellie’s surgery. Sometimes it feels much longer sometimes like it was yesterday. 

Ellie has never been a fan of milk and her bottle but the last few months she had finally given up the fight and was taking a full bottle in the morning and at night. While we were in the … Continue reading →

Jig-a-ty-jig… Made it home yesterday afternoon, feels a bit weird but very good. Ellie was up and down a lot last night. Maybe it was because she is so used to us being close or maybe it was like my … Continue reading →

We have been told that after Ellie has a shot to help protect against RSV we are out of here. Yup, we are going to blow this popsickle stand hopefully sometime between 12 -2 this afternoon. We will post more … Continue reading →