Some Numbers...

• 1 sick little girl in isolation
• 2 tired parents
• 97 days of c-diff
• 22 days in the hospital
• 1 sore tummy with colitis
• 4-8 episodes of diarrhea per day
• countless vomiting episodes
• 6 lbs lost
• 7 IVs blown
• 5 days waiting to get a central line
• 1 visit to the OR (to get subclavian line)
• 7 days to recover from dehydration
• 13 days without being fed (just TPN)
  
• 1-3 pokes per day for blood work
• 0 nurses able to draw blood from the subclavian line
• 3 chest x-rays
• 6 grand mal seizures
• several myoclonic seizures
• 15 doctors and residents (maybe more, I've lost count)
• countless nurses
• 4 nurses that are my favorites
• 4 straight caths for urine cultures
• 7 different drugs (in addition to the 4 she normally takes)
• 6 doses of oral gamma globulin
• 1 blood transfusion
• 1 CT scan
• 6 sponge baths
• 6 times a day venting Annie's tummy
• 103.0 degrees at highest temp
• 96.8 degrees at lowest temp
• 18 hours: longest stretch of time without diarrhea
• 4-5 interruptions per night
• 34 pages of notes to remember all the information we receive
• 3 escapes from the hospital room (for OR and radiology visits)
• 2 children at home craving their parents' attention
• 2 grandparents helping out
• 2-3 more weeks of anticipated hospital admission (at a minimum)
• countless cards, pictures, posters, balloons, and stuffed animals from classmates and friends
• 4 temples (to our knowledge) with Annie's name on the prayer roll
• countless church congregations, relatives, Aicardi family members, and friends praying and fasting for Annie
• 1 hero and celestial spirit who patiently endures and continues to teach us