1/12 Feeling Better Tonight

Starting today was much like most, fever, retching, feeling crummy. As the day went on and as the day finished she felt much better. In fact tonight she is fervor free for the short term and feeling as spunky as she’s been since October. This is a good sign I think. These better times are becoming more frequent it seems and that’s exactly what we want to see.

Surgery was in and he said she is looking good and assured us that the fevers and distended belly are expected for folks in Josie’s condition.

The CT scan results are in and they look just fine…no abscesses…no fluids…everything looked just fine – normal! And that’s what we expected to find.

As for home…unlikely any time soon. The problem is still this chicken pox thing. Henry may have infected Evie and Trip near the same time as Josie. The incubation period for chicken pox is between 10 days and 28 days from exposure. So they’re in the same boat as Josie and suspected of having the virus until they either actually get it and get over it or the 28 days is up. They aren’t willing to expose Josie to them during the 28 days so we’re sort of stuck here.

Josie’s bilirubin is up again to 7.3 mg/dL (normal is 0.2 – 1.3 mg/dL) and has been steadily on the rise since November. Those yellow eyes and Mediterranean skin are an interesting combo. ALT and AST liver enzymes aren’t raising any longer, they’re holding at an elevated level. Still no explanation for the liver problems from GI.

Continued mystery.

But for now at least she’s feeling really good, and that’s great to see.