Ambrosia had a CT scan again this morning to check the bleeding in front of her brain from the fall. The PICU doctors thought that in one area it may have changed size ever so slightly. The said that they would have to wait for the neurosurgeons to give their opinion on it but were pretty sure we would be staying on PICU floor for today. The neurosurgeon came in awhile later and said it is really hard to tell if it had changed or not as it was so slight. But to err on the side of caution we would remain in the PICU through today and they would do another CT scan Monday morning. They did change how often Ambrosia has to be checked from every hour to every 4 hours as they feel she is doing just fine.
Tomorrow we were supposed to come in for them to place a catheter in for them to collect the stem cells to store for later. That is obviously not going to happen yet. They will have to get clearance from the neurosurgeons before that can happen and her platelets have to be stable.
After a high dosage of platelets were transfused last night her count had gone up to slightly over 100. However after checking later on today she had dropped back down to 34. She has since received another transfusion and they have sent off blood to check her levels again.
I was able to get her smiling and laughing some today so that was good to see. Our favorite nurse from 7West has come to visit us down in the PICU last night and again tonight. She told me they are holding room 745 for us in anticipation of us coming back upstairs. She said it's the biggest room as well. She told me I looked more rested today and keeps encouraging me to take care of myself. Hopefully after her CT scan at 6 in the morning, we will be able to return upstairs to 7West and she will be our nurse again tomorrow night!
Tomorrow we were supposed to come in for them to place a catheter in for them to collect the stem cells to store for later. That is obviously not going to happen yet. They will have to get clearance from the neurosurgeons before that can happen and her platelets have to be stable.
After a high dosage of platelets were transfused last night her count had gone up to slightly over 100. However after checking later on today she had dropped back down to 34. She has since received another transfusion and they have sent off blood to check her levels again.
I was able to get her smiling and laughing some today so that was good to see. Our favorite nurse from 7West has come to visit us down in the PICU last night and again tonight. She told me they are holding room 745 for us in anticipation of us coming back upstairs. She said it's the biggest room as well. She told me I looked more rested today and keeps encouraging me to take care of myself. Hopefully after her CT scan at 6 in the morning, we will be able to return upstairs to 7West and she will be our nurse again tomorrow night!
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