Day #6 in the PICU

Jazmin had an okay night. She slept well, but spiked another fever, it came down with meds thankfully. This morning Amy went to the hospital early so I could spend a little time at home and not worry about her too much. That was a wonderful reprieve. I got there around noon, and she was sleeping peacefully. Her Pulmonologist rounded very late this afternoon, which was good for me cuz I had lots of questions! He said that her lungs are sounding better. They'll do another chest x-ray and more labs in the morning and if they are looking better, they'll turn down her IV and switch to oral antibiotics tomorrow afternoon. Because of Jazmin's already established in-home nursing, he's hoping to get her home early next week, where we can continue everything they're doing at the hospital...just at home. That's the good news. The bad news is her overall recovery time. He's guessing that it will be weeks to a few months before Jazmin is back to where she was before she got sick. This is a major bummer for her (and us). She will have to start the vent weaning process all over again. Hopefully she'll take to it faster since she's done it before, but there's no way to know. For now, we'll just continue to try and get her healthy so we can get her home where she belongs.