Well last night wasn't as restful as I hoping. Although Aly fell asleep initially, her cough kept her (and me) up for most of the night. At around 11pm Aly woke up screaming that her arm hurt and within seconds her IV pump started to beep - the IV was toast. Fluid was building up along her wrist where the IV was put in, and it was rock hard. It had to be removed. The nurses put freezing cream on her other arm in multiple places to ensure they had all areas covered as they prepared to put an IV in her other arm. After about 40 minutes a crew of nurses showed up and new IV was put into her right arm with no issues and the other one was quickly removed. I was hoping after this we would both settle down - but no luck. Aly spiked 2 temperatures last night all that hovered around 40 degrees Celsius (104!!) This was concerning, but after some tylenol she seemed to cool down a bit. Her cough was horrible last night. It seemed that every time she was about to drift off she would cough and cough and cough! The cough she has is not just an ordinary cough - it is horrible. It is worse than mine - and mine is pretty bad. The night seemed to pass with one cough after another. Each time a nurse came into to take her vitals - her temp was up to 40 again. Before long, it was 5am and we were both awake talking about her cough. We finally turned on the TV and started our day. She was first checked out by resident who was immediately concerned with her cough but pleased to hear that her lungs were clear. Aly's doctor later came in and have a quick check in. I was concerned about how "yellow" she looked today and it turns out her belliruben (sp?) was quite high on Wednesday so they were going to submit her bloodwork for further testing. We tried to look at the whites of her eyes to see if they were yellow, however it was very hard to find any white patches on her eyeball - they were pure red. I was quite worried as I looked over at her laying in bed and she just seemed to have this yellow tone about her.
The Dr wanted to monitor it closer and if necessary would arrange for an ultrasound of her belly to see how the liver is doing. The day consisted of a lot of nurse visits, attempts to rest, waiting for decisions on tests/ultrasounds etc. She made up most of that time drawing, watching movies and finally - eating. She didn't really eat anything yesterday so I was glad that she was actually eating today. Aly wanted to have a bath so bad today and I kept telling her that I would take her down to the big bath tub at the end of the hall. It wasn't until just before bath time that we remembered that she had orders that she was unable to leave her room. She must be highly contagious still, or they are still taking precautions - but Aly was NOT happy. We ended up getting a little baby bath and filling it with water and placing it in the shower - she had a blast ( phew). I now look over and see that she is fast asleep so that is my hint to go to bed. Tomorrow will be a busy day - but I am hoping that she does not get any fevers tonight and that we are discharged tomorrow
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