update on Gracie

Our little patient had a challenging night! She went to sleep pretty easily with Haley at 6:30 but both girls were up and in our bed by 11:00 pm. I was able to get Haley back to sleep in there bed, but Gracie stayed with us and me, Jason and Gracie had a very restless night. She didn't drink anything all day therefore she had an empty stomach and couldn't take her pain medication. She was in a great deal of pain and would sleep for 30 minutes to an hour then wake up crying for an equal amount of time. She would spit out her antibiotics and would barely tolerate the Tylenol. Finally about 5:00 am she took two sips of 7-up and that was it. I was greatly concerned about her dehydrating due to lack of fluids and contracting an infection since she would take her medicine. We talked to Dr. Hollier and had my mom, who is keeping her this week, give her small dropfuls of liquids and meds throughout the day and she how she would handle that. Mom gave her some water and some antibiotics through the dropper while she took a nap...small victory! By lunch, mom called to tell me she was eating several spoonfuls of mac and cheese along with sipping on some milk. She also got a full dose of Tylenol and a warm bath, which she was totally opposed to taking! So, even with small amounts of fluids in her body and small attempts as speaking, I'm hoping that we'll all get a little more rest tonight and she'll continue to improve.
Thanks again for all the thoughts and prayers. Again, she can't see it right now, but this really was the best thing we could do for her and I hope she has no memories of the pain!