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Archive for December, 2009

Tuesday, Dec 22, 2009 Very Early

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 Posted in Daily News Post | 28 Comments »

We’re all a little bummed out here today. It was expected we would be out of PICU Monday morning, however, with the amount of gunk Chloe was producing in her lungs and the amount of times we needed to ...

Monday… early 12-21-09.. Holy Mackeral It’s Winter Already

Monday, December 21st, 2009 Posted in Daily News Post | 65 Comments »

It’s Sunday night and Chloe has had a pretty good day. When I left this morning she was still pretty sleepy but happy to see Mama walk in the room. Dr. Olson had just come in as well. ...

Sunday.. 12:39 am.. 12/20/09

Sunday, December 20th, 2009 Posted in Daily News Post | 33 Comments »

Today was a fairly good day for Chloe. She had a few uncomfortable problems but they were resolved by about 9:30 pm. Since then she has been all smiles and pretty happy with Dana and me in the ...

Saturday, Dec 19, 09 Early

Saturday, December 19th, 2009 Posted in Daily News Post | 30 Comments »

Although none of us want to be back in the PICU it was the best decision last night. We were on a steady decline and this was the way to stay ahead of it all. Chloe had a ...

Saturday, early 12-19-09

Saturday, December 19th, 2009 Posted in Daily News Post | 53 Comments »

So, we’re back in PICU. Yesterday was pretty good. Last night wasn’t so good. Today wasn’t too bad. This afternoon it was a fight to keep her O2 up and her CO2 down. This evening ...

Friday, December 18, 2009

Friday, December 18th, 2009 Posted in Daily News Post | 2 Comments »

Although I’m not due at the hospital until 8 pm I have some information from Dana that should be enough for an update. Chloe had an uneasy night. Just couldn’t find a comfortable position so Dana was up and down ...

Thursday, Dec 17th, 2009

Friday, December 18th, 2009 Posted in Daily News Post | 22 Comments »

Today was another big day with Dr. Dorsen smiling and very excited. Although there are smiles there are also deep concerns still. We need the lungs to cooperate, we need the vocal cords to respond so she can ...

Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 – We’re moving on up…

Thursday, December 17th, 2009 Posted in Daily News Post | 5 Comments »

Regarding the Mother… I feel your presence. I feel your presents of thoughts, prayers, visions and voodoo...all are welcome. I thank you deeply, each of you. Please know this. The PICU staff has been simply amazing. My full ...

Wednesday, Dec 16th, 2009

Thursday, December 17th, 2009 Posted in Daily News Post | 17 Comments »

There haven’t been too many days that I would classify as good days, but today was as close as it’s come so far. Chloe did very well all day off the ventilator. She needed the cough assist machine ...

Tuesday, Mid-day 12/15/09

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 Posted in Daily News Post | 54 Comments »

After a long day today, Dana is pretty wiped out. She only got 1½ hours in two different times for sleeping. I know the feeling but she’s in the middle of it all. Chloe is still pretty puny but Grandma ...