Home for Christmas!

Dad is on his way home from the hospital now with Elizabeth. She was examined by one of the surgical fellows who knows her, and basically, we were instructed to keep doing what we have been--pulling the clots out of her line with the syringe and trying to keep the bile flowing as best as we can. Unless Elizabeth gets terribly worse clinically or she goes 24 hours with no bile drainage from the active drain, we should be able to maintain it through the week until her stents are placed. For now, though, we are in the clear for spending Christmas at home. Hopefully when Dad gets home, I can finally catch a couple hours of sleep! Our newest kitten (who was a stray that our cat Stitch adopted) almost died Friday night (major sudden infection that put her into sepsis--thankfully she immediately and fully responded to IV antibiotics at the animal hospital), so the last few days have been incredibly trying. With Elizabeth's antibiotic regimen being every 8 hours, and it taking about 2 hours to administer each time, there has been little time for rest--and now we have a kitten who requires her own set of antibiotics as well. I think I've got all I can handle--God can stop dealing it out because I'm just about done!

Thank you for your prayers. We are painfully aware that even the simplest and most basic thing like being home for Christmas can be a huge gift. Merry Christmas.