kate update

I just got home from the hospital. Adam and I switched places for tonight so I could get more than an hour and a half of sleep...oh the joys of room sharing. Anyway, Kate is still in Phoenix Children's Hospital (not Good Sam or St. Jo's). Today we saw the speech/swallow therapist. She told us Kate could swallow. After further extended conversation with her we have a few different things to try with Kate to get her to drink out of a bottle. She is not getting enough liquid according to her and may have to have a feeding tube put in if no progress is made with the bottle thing. We are working on training her to suck on her own etc. More details on that later when I can think straight. Feeling better about the whole thing but still need to talk to the dr. more. Hope to see him in the AM. The speech lady will be watching the noon feeding tomorrow, and we will see how things go from there. Kate has charmed all of the nurses that have seen her. She smiles at all of them and they all seem to love her. I hope she sleeps better tonight without interruptions... I declined to have her vitals checked at 2 am and we have a new teen age room mate whom I assume sleeps through the night. Kate had to have an IV this evening because she wasn't peeing enough. She wasn't too happy about that...really not happy when the nurse blew the first vein and had to start over in the other hand. But seems to be content smiling at everyone, and chewing on her ID band. More later, thanks so much for your prayers and everything, it means alot. Now...sleep