Home Sweet Home

As much as I was dreading coming home, we have settled into a routine. Our "Kelly" helped out with dressing changes today; it went smoothly.  Kourtney's skin is looking better and the signs infection are starting to dissipate thanks to a wonder-dressing called Acticoat.

The only thing we are dealing with are the low grade fevers that cause a considerable amount of pain. Today, Kourtney could feel it coming on. She said it is like she has a heartbeat in her foot. If memory serves me correctly 4 years ago when she had the infection these fevers lasted awhile, I used Advil to reduce them but it caused her to bleed a lot from all her wounds. Now we just use Tylenol and although is effective it is not quite as effective as the Advil.

The PICC line comes out tomorrow. We haven't been flushing as there is almost certainty that her hemoglobin dropped so low after the PICC line was put in because of the heparin flushes. We noticed her dressings were saturated with blood at times and she bled easily just like when we gave her the Advil.

Shaelyn has not been forgotten during our crisis. While Kourtney was in the hospital, her frog and hermit crab died. We already have a dog and a cat. Our dog loves to cuddle, but our cat is elusive and won't cuddle with anyone.  Shaelyn got it in her head that she needed something that would not die easily; a kitty from her friend Avery's farm, a 4 month old barn cat.  Todd and I both agreed that a kitty would be a great distraction for all of us. We didn't do a lot of research on this cat, and of course I don't know much about cats. So when we met Fresca for the first time, I was a little nervous after I saw his long hair. But this cat is so cute that it is difficult not to fall in love with him at first sight. Even Kourtney likes having this purring cuddly cat with her. Our dog and cat are very traumatized to have this new member of the family . . . it has been fun to watch.