Last night, Dorothy was able to eat by mouth for the first time since the accident! Yay! Except... halfway through dinner, they said "Now that you can eat, it's time to take out the feeding tube!" - well, oops, something went wrong, and the tube got completely stuck: horribly, painfully stuck. Our strong, strong girl went through a horrible evening, and slept poorly. At least Mom was able to sleep in the room with her for comfort.
This morning was the start of a long, painful, icky day. First, her regular doctor tried once more to pull out the tube. Owie!! More than owie - on a pain scale of 10, this was about 20. The result caused a terrible coughing spasm. Try coughing hard with your teeth wired shut. Not the least bit fun. Then we gave her some pain killers and relaxants and took her down to the Ear Nose & throat specialist, who was also unable to get it out. That was 7 on a scale of 10. Way more pain than anyone should have to endure. Then we took her to X-ray to see if the X-ray would show anything. Nope. Then we took her to the Pediatric ICU - where FOUR doctors and FOUR nurses were able to put her under and then remove the tube. Thank God. At least they didn't have to unwire her jaw, which was our last option. And I have to say that they were very, very kind to both of us during this process.
She's resting now. Finally comfortable. I'm sure she'll be back raring to go tomorrow - our case worker gave us the wonderful news that they're moving her release date up! We'll get our new date next Wednesday.
Keep praying for our girl. Keep praying that we can all be strong for her.
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i can't come up this weekend, but as soon as i can i will!!!!! when you get home there will be some surprises waiting for you and i'm sure you'll absolutely love them!!! this summer we are going to have a thousand sleepovers and play a thousand games and we'll eat all the candy we want and watch all the movies we wish!!! i'm so excited, you're going to love your presents! ^_^ and then we'll celebrate all our birthdays too!!!!!
Dorothy, I'm sorry you had to go through so much more pain with that feeding tube. That made me cry. Now at least its out. I hope you can have something really good like . . . chocolate pudding . . . maybe?
chocolate pudding
is so lovely
it's like heaven
in my mouth
dad's fruit smoothies
are so scrumptious
every day i
gulp them down
snapple fruit juice
tastes so sweet and
never do i
tire of it
oh capri sun
how i love you
in my lunch bag
what a treat
apple slices
all the time
i crunch them and
my heart goes ZING
yummy cheese slice
one inch wide
two inch tall
you warm my heart
and those cakes
you make with ease
when is cake day
bring it on!
when you come back
we shall party
we will eat
what e'er you wish
Oh, wow, poor Dorothy. D: That must have been horrible. Here's hoping that things will go better than that...
oh, darling, i am so sorry. that sounds horrible. D=
please feel better!
i am sending you internet hugs!!!
*hug*
love,
alanna
<3
Dorothy, you are an amazingly strong and courageous person. keep up the amazing progress. you'll be back home with your friends and family soon.
Wow that sounds way painfull, but knowing you, you will spring back and look at it as a good thing not a bad. Hope the news tomrrow is way totally better!!!!!!
-A Sister Girl Scout
Keep on going, Girl. You're pretty much amazing.
Oh D we're so sorry you had to go through all that. Such an ordeal! We're hoping your throat will soon forgive all the abuse and be happy again.
-Sumner & Kristan
I cannot imagine how that must feel. I hope that you got through the worst of it. You would think that they would know how to get their own tube out of you. Well, good luck on recovering!
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