Days 24 and 25

So days 24 and 25 were pretty much good for Abby. She is still very awake and alert and she is following commands well. On day 24 which was Wednesday she really started to realize how long she has been at the hospital and how long she still has to be there. She asked her doctor how long until she was better and he said probably 4-6 weeks and her first response was "oh no I am going to miss Caleb's wedding." Then she was pretty sad the rest of the day this made us feel bad for her. She is starting to remember from day to day now which is a good sign. She is still a little confused but that is mostly from medications. She also is having nightmares so that is hard for us to watch.

Day 25 which was Thursday, she had an eventful day on Thursday. She got the big tube out of her nose it was the one they put down in case her stomach doesn't tolerate feedings. It would suck out anything that started to back up. She has tolerated feedings well so they took that out and now they have slowly started letting her eat. She still can't drink thin liquids they make her cough. So she is drinking thickened liquids and she has been eating crackers and pudding as well. She really just wants to drink water but they have to wait on that still. I was with her last night and she was a little confused but she was doing pretty well. She was really tired and fighting going to sleep. I think she doesn't like the nightmares so she tries not to fall asleep. now. They took her off of the continuous dialysis and are going to start the one that is a little more affective. It is harder on her though so they will try that today and hopefully she will tolerate it because it will take more excess fluid off of her. So we hope that goes well. We are still praying for her kidney to start working that would make us so HAPPY. So as today goes on I hope and pray that Abby is comfortable and that she will continue to make big steps towards getting better.