And again -- poor kid!

The blood transfussion was a success and her blood counts are all back to normal. Her energy level seems to be back up, as well as her appetite.A new pain medication was introduced in case the pain in her left arm was a nerve issue, and it seems to be helping. Also, we switched medicine for her tummy aches, and she seems to be doing better. Her overall pain seems to be doing much better as well, especially as we get her up and about more and more, and they're starting to cut back on that medication.

As for the progress on her lung expansion, her status depends on which doctor you get. One thing I've discovered is that doctors all have a different perspective on things and their opinions can vary greatly. So, while one doctor will report to us that she's doing much better than the day before and to "keep up the good work", another will pop in later and state that there was no change on the xrays and we need to work her harder. She's working hard on breathing exercises with her respitory therapist and physical exercises with her physical therapist. All of these things will help her to expand that lung.

There was a minor complication yesterday with her PICC line and they had to insert a new one. Hopefully, though, this one was placed in a better location and she won't have as many complications as she's been having with the last one. There's also the issue of an air pocket that's still trapped inside her chest, but the hope is that the expanded lung will push it out. The infection is still responding to the antibiotics, but it's going to be a few months before that clears up all the way.