Court, One Day You Will…

Another tough day down at the hospital.  Good news first, the dialysis is really doing it’s job and her kidneys are starting to function, so they are going to stop taking the fluids from her because she’s all drained out.  The doctors even say they may stop the dialysis tomorrow to see if she needs [...]

Nap Time…..

I went to the hospital to visit Court on my lunch break and as I was walking into the ICU the nurse (Pat) told me “Please DO NOT disturb her..” apparently Courtney has had a pretty rough morning. They attemped another trial without the respirator but she is still not strong enough. The nurse told me [...]

Steady now…

I wish I had better news, but as of right now this is probably the hardest part of all.  My heart is heavy for Court.  She’s still on the vent and dialysis, but they have taken her out of the heavy sedation so she is awake from time to time and she REALLY doesn’t like [...]

We see hope

I just got back from the hospital.  She’s moving her arms and opening her eyes just a little bit.  She’s so worn out and wakes for just a short time before she falls back asleep.  We know she can hear us.  She has squeezed our hands and tried to hold her eyes open a few [...]

GOOD NEWS!!!

The doctors took Court off the sedation meds around 4am this morning.  They want to take her off the vents and she’s producing urine without the dialysis, not much but it’s there.  My sister Lindsay and Nanny are down with her right now.  They said they have her arms restrained so that she doesn’t try to rip [...]

Outlook is positive…

Doctors sound very optimistic that she’s going to pull through this but it’s going to be a very slow process.  She’s had another BM today.  Her kidneys still need to be making more urine before they can take her off the dialysis.  Her docs also said they need her to start coughing a little so [...]

Note from Mom…

Mom sent this email out to family and friends last night in her email, but she wants everyone who’s been sending love, prayers and thoughts our way to see…

This is to all who have responded to our e-mail and calls and everything about Court. I love you all and thank you from the bottom of my heart [...]

Whoo hoo…we’ve got poo

Ok Court, please don’t be upset with me for posting this, but it’s really good news for us.  Court had her first BM in a while which means things are starting to work on it’s own.  She’s lost 10lbs of fluid since yesterday.  The nurse said that they are pulling more fluid than they are putting in, so [...]

Blood pressure looking good

Megan and I went by the hospital on our lunch breaks today, and the nurse said they’ve taken Courtney off of the blood pressure medication, Dopamine.  Yea!  She also said they tried to let Courtney breathe on her own for a little while, but she wasn’t quite ready for that yet.  Courtney is also not [...]

From my visit yesterday

So, I’m a little late on adding this post. I’m new to this whole blog thing, so please bear with me.
I was at the hospital yesterday afternoon and two of Court’s doctors walked in while I was there. I asked if they had determined what was causing the swelling, and they said that [...]