Recovering

Peyton is continuing to improve. I took her to the pediatrician yesterday morning for a check up. The doctor said that she looked and sounded much better. We were able to stop the breathing treatments, which is good. Peyton can come off the antibiotics for the pneumonia tomorrow. We still have to give her the antibiotics for the thrush. She still has the feeding tube in, as she still is not taking her bottle too well. We are trying, and she is as well. She'll get it eventually. It's just very difficult because she makes great strides to achieve certain things and then when she has a set-back, she has to re-learn everything all over again. Hopefully the tube will come out in the next couple of weeks. The good news is that her weight is the same as it was the day she was hospitalized, so we don't have to worry about her having lost a great deal while she was ill. Hopefully Peyton will be fully recovered soon. She needs to get well for her big first birthday party!!

Home!

I am pleased to report that Peyton and I are home from the hospital! The doctor discovered that she did have a little bit of pneumonia in her right upper lung. She started antibiotics last night. She also developed thrush in her mouth, so has antibiotics for that as well. Peyton's IV stopped working last night, so they left the IV in place, but had to stop fluids on last night's on-call doctor's orders. The weekend on-call doctor said it was ok to keep the IV out. After we saw him, he said that with no IV, there wasn't a whole lot they would be doing for Peyton in the hospital that we couldn't be doing for her at home, so it was up to me but we could go home if I was comfortable with that. I decided it was probably a good idea to get home. Her breathing sounded a lot better. If it didn't, I probably would have opted to stay another night. She's not a very happy baby this morning. Poor thing. I, for one, am glad to be home. Have to run out to get all her prescriptions. Moira's spending the weekend with her Mimi, Aunt Jaynie and Aunt Shirley near Austin, so it'll be quiet here. At least that's what I hope. That you all for your prayers for Peyton. I'll keep you posted on her recovery.

Another Night In the Hospital

Looks like Peyton will be staying at Christus St. Catherine's Hospital for at least another night. Dr. Haney saw her this afternoon and re-examined the x-rays taken yesterday. There is a bit of pneumonia in her upper right lung. This apparently isn't uncommon when patients are laying down so much. It will be something the doctor will be watching for with future bouts of congestion. They aren't pushing the feeding too hard until the pneumonia clears up. Peyton's wheezing isn't any worse, so that was a good sign. She has developed thrush on her tongue and a diaper rash.

Sarah said that Peyton was looking a bit better and is perking up a little. She managed a couple of her 'heart melting' smiles today.

Granny ~ Anne