Saturday, October 31, 2015

Saturday night update

Staying overnight again tonight. Lots of poking and prodding today. Grace is being a champ.

She wants to go home really bad and is missing the family. Visits today from Mommy, uncle Zach, Grandmommy and Poppa.

Staff here is being very communicative and great to work.

Grace was able to get out of the room today and go on a wagon ride around the hospital and play some games in the playroom and in her bed.

Her appetite is still pretty much nonexistent.

She has had flu-like symptoms for several days but the Great news is that she had no fever all day long, which is a huge praise.

She has tiny red dots all over her body and redness around the eyes, which would be in keeping with a diagnosis of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, although that is still not confirmed as the official diagnosis. Another possible diagnosis is meningococcus, which would be the more serious of the two.

The palm of her right hand is where a possible insect bite occurred and around the bite area is very blotchy. The good news though is that the blotchy area is much lighter than it was yesterday. It was dark red yesterday and today was more pinkish.

Specific prayer requests:
That a diagnosis would come to light as soon as possible, and being treated quickly and effectively. Out of the two possible diagnoses, we would want to Rocky Mountain spotted fever, as it Has the better prognosis, and can be treated just as effectively at home as at the hospital. The other diagnosis would need to be treated at the hospital which could mean several more days here.

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