WeekEND?

I know this week could probably get a lot worse, I just don't see how at this point.  Zoe's not doing as well as she could.  She's in decent spirits considering she didn't sleep much at all last night (neither did I as a result), but not she is not responding well to the surgery.  Typical with Chiari surgery, she is vomiting quite a bit and not keeping her pain meds down.  But of course when they send you home with discharge papers that say, "call or visit the ER immediately if she starts vomiting," you begin to flip out somewhat.

Turns out, she's also battling a pretty severe UTI which could also be causing the vomiting.  This specific type of culture has ONE type of antibiotic available for treatment or else she has to go back to the hospital for a couple more days to get the antibiotics administered through IV.  (Poor baby!!!) We are going to start with the at-home version (comes with a few risks but the doctors are OK with starting there) so we are now waiting to get a prescription filled to start treating that.  There's also a chance if she continues the vomiting, she will have to go back to the hospital for fluids anyway.  We will also be starting some medication to decrease the nausea.  Bless her heart.

We are not over this hump yet, but the end is in sight hopefully.  She is napping now...sleep is so good for all of us.

So I thought about going ahead and renewing my driver's license today since I totally didn't get around to it in time to renew online, but I figured a trip to the DMV's hour-long line at a minimum was just something I would avoid...I would hate to have to hurt someone today.   I'll go ahead and risk getting that ticket, only to save someone's life.

It just seems there are too many obstacles this week.  At least we have Disney.  Zoe has never been into movies (hello, she's not even 2 yet), but they seem to keep her still and calm and entertained.  We've already "watched" Toy Story 3, Shrek, and Finding Nemo - "watched" meaning we color and play and build legos all while "watching."  She is being such a trooper, but I am definitely ready to have our little girl back to normal.  Stay tuned!