Casey. Christmas. And "Severe Weather"...

Good Day After Christmas! And Happy Boxing Day to my Canadian Friends!
Hope your Christmas was 'wunnaful' in every way.

As one of Santa's elves, I had to sneak up to the hospital very early and deliver a few things for the pancreatic kid.
(Or would she be the NON~pancreatic kid now)? Hmmm ?
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So sneak I did- Even going in the back way to her floor just in case her door was open and she was awake.
She was asleep.
And so her little gifts from Father Christmas were placed under her little tree. This tree, an added little bit of Christmas, sent by Sweet BethieBaby.

(Casey's one nurse -Sean- said she could keep that little tree as long as she had no roomies). Furthermore, the rootball is completely wrapped in plastic, which has been undisturbed since it was delivered. I shall worry about watering it when I get that tree back here. Sorry, but I would rather sacrifice the tree instead of compromising the child...

Not sure if you have seen the pics I had added to my last blog.

If not, here are a few.
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First, one does need more 'festive' dressings.
And we each had our Santa hats too;
Although she couldn't wear hers for long- Too hot...
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Then of course, one needs a bushel of presents!
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And a bunch of cards too!
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(Desperate times calling for desperate measures, and outlets being at a premium, I stole that little table from her invisible roomie)! hehehe

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Even Miss Punk got a new pull toy.
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She LOVED it!
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And was very very thankful to Santa Paws
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She still loves her now unstuffed SpongeBob
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& makes it her daily plan to wake me in the "wee~wee~hours" to go outside,
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As soon as we get back inside,
She steals my nice warm spot in the bed!
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Pretending to be SO innocent!
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Speaking of 'spots';
Casey found a bit of a damp spot near to her central line.
It was leaking.

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The nurse had never seen any central lines that did this- She changed the dressing, and inspected Casey's sutures. All seemed well enough, but she needed to check with her doctor  too. He said it was really not a problem, that sometimes the central line will be a bit sluggish etc etc etc. And not to worry about it.

I came back to the hotel a little after noon to catch up on some sleep. (I had been awake since 9:30pm on Christmas Eve). But couldn't even rest.
At about 3, I had the worst feeling that something wasn't right. knowing that my intuition has never failed me, I took Punk outside, and went straight back up to the hospital. The cardio lab had just finished putting a PICC Line in Caseys arn. So now, instead of the central line (which cardiology was not able to remove), she will be using the PICC Line. Her nurse was going to remove the central line in short order then. Certainly this was not catastrophic, but still I just knew something hadn't been "right" either.
Casey's blood won't thin down- Since her TP/AIT Transplant, she is on a 24 hour bag of Heparin, plus gets Coumadin every day too. She is now also on aspirin therapy as well. Darn stubborn blood...

Her nurse never did come back. And since I haven't heard anything to the contrary, I am thinking that the central line did get removed last night after I had left.

Casey has tummy pains- and hasn't really eaten much since her surgery; yet she is very nauseated most of the time. One of her 24/7 drips is the Protonics for the heartburn etc. And she gets Zofran? and/or Phenergan for breakthrough nausea. Another bag was added, Compazine to help with the nausea too.

She has just called- Awake now, and in awful pain. I am headed over there right now.

Love to all.

XOXO
Anne

PS... Not sure why I found this so funny earlier.

My Saved Locations

Green Bay, WI 

Mostly Cloudy , 32ºF
Hi: 32 Lo: 32
Severe Weather Alert

View: extended forecast and map


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Now THAT'S a really boring forecast!

The severe weather alert?
Seems as though every day brings yet another severe weather alert.

• For snow and ice-
• or ice and snow.
• Or for ice on the roads,
• or for snow on the roads,
• sometimes there is ice under the snow on the roads...
• Add a bit of a breeze and there is blowing and drifting too.

Ya think?

It's WINTER you fools! Learn how to drive or stay off the roads.

My proposal is this.
How about ixnaying ALL of the severe weather bulletins?
(They have all read the very same for Minneapolis too).

And how about, instead, just post a GREAT WEATHER Bulletin???

Have a good one!