Date Night!

Fortunately, the last 24 hours have been rather uneventful for Annie.  She had a few moments of pain yesterday, but also a few giggles.  Since receiving her subclavian line yesterday, Annie is now receiving more concentrated TPN.  She's getting about 950 calories a day now instead of only the 450 calories that her regular IV line could tolerate.  They have also increased her lipids too.  The infectious diseases doctor visited today and is feeling good about the very, very small progress Annie is making on the gamma globulin, so another dose was ordered today.  Again, since it is so incredibly expensive, they are re-assessing every day and just taking one day at a time. Annie's diarrhea has only changed very slightly, but it's enough of a small improvement that they are hopeful the gamma globulin may eventually work.

The most exciting thing about the past 24 hours...  Justin and I got to spend more than just a few minutes a day with each other!  Between each of us leaving town on separate trips and Annie in the hospital, we've really only seen each other in passing since October 14th.  So yesterday evening, my dear mother volunteered to stay with Annie at the hospital so Justin and I could take Molly and Lexie to the trunk-or-treat at our church and have a date. (Pictures of the ballerina and Snow White coming soon.)  It was fun to be together and see Molly and Lexie have such a fun time with us since they've been a little neglected the past few weeks, but it was sad to not have Annie with us to celebrate Halloween last night.  Grandpa put Molly and Lexie to bed at home and Justin and I left for our short date.  We went for a walk, browsed some stores, and got some dessert.  It was a wonderful, much-needed break!