Day 4

Nahum is home!! (to Eldridge St. that is)  Hilary took him home this afternoon where he can sleep in beep-free peace tonight.  He might even feel up to visiting Shayna tomorrow.

On a sadder note, Melinda catches her plane home tomorrow morning.  I don't know how she and Michael are going to get along without each other, but we sure appreciate the sacrifice out here.  Having another set of hands will make life much nicer for me (not to mention I get company).

Shayna's been running a bit of a low grade fever today so they've started her on an anti-fungal med, along with her 3 antibiotics, just to be safe since she has no immune system.  She was breathing on her own a bit today.  The ventilator is still going since she's paralyzed but she was taking some extra breaths on her own so you can tell she's not fully paralyzed.  No distress with it, so totally normal and okay.  Shayna's got an OR booked for Monday morning so it'll be another 2 days before I can hold her again.  While I'm really looking forward to that, my work load with also quadruple.  I'll have to start sleeping in the hospital so no more 10hr sleeps like last night.

I went for a walk with Melinda (instead of download pics for the blog, sorry).  It's snowy in Pittsburgh, just enough to dust the trees and grass.  It was a little chilly but beautiful to walk around the old "park" next to the hospital (so nice not to have to walk next to the noisy streets).