Tuesday, May 22, 2007

I'm Baaaaack

OK, I'm back in the office and back to my responsibilities! Eric and I had so much fun over our long weekend. Since Friday when we went to the Moana for a night, we've been surfing, canoe surfing, hanging out with my girlfriends, hanging out with Damon, we went to birthday party at the zoo, took Indy to see Shrek the Third, had family dinner with my aunt's house, had family dinner here at Peggy's last night - phew! We're exhausted, but oh so satisfied. We squeezed enough fun in the past 4 days to last us a while!

Now, for the Peggy update...Peg's eyes are doing much better. They are clear today, but a little slow since she said that they are burning. Ty was here last night and stressed to us again how important it is for us not to overuse the TobraDex - 4 times a day max. Ty doesn't seem to think there is an allergic reaction going on. She really feels that Peggy needs to tape one eye at a time to give each eye some time to rest. Peggy is wearing her goggles today, which is also a great idea for keeping them sheilded from external irritants. Please also be sure to wash your hands regularly and be very careful when blinking Peggy.

I spoke with Denise today and she told me that Dr. Druger is very against the idea of going with the longer trach. He says that Peggy's neck is not long enough for this type of trach and it would result in the trach reaching down only to one brochial side - meaning that we would only be able to suction on one side, making her very prone to mucus plugs, pneumonia, etc. Obviously, we are not going to go with the longer trach. He will replace the trach that she has with another of the same size and hope that this brings her some relief.

Dr. Davis wants to schedule a visit to the podiatrist on the same day as the trach change since her toe is still looking funky, so we are working on coordiating the 2 appointments. It will most likely be next week.

Today Peggy has been working on the Father Damien plans. The kids from Holy Trinity are coming tomorrow to visit Peggy and start getting instructions on what they are supposed to do for the project.

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