A GOODE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes!!!! We had a good day today! Enter HUGE smiley face here, and another one for goode measure! Dr took of the bandage on Tressa's hip ~ where he took off the skin for her graft~ it is bigger than I thought it would be, about the size of my hand, but it looked good, and we are leaving it 'out' to air dry and eventually form a scab. We still are waiting to see if the graft attached~ will still be a couple of days before we can even take a peek....its harder than waiting for Santa to come ~ I dont like suspence........... so on the to GOOD news! ****NO MORE IV**** WOO HOOO! At 9.34 am this morning, the IV was taken O*U*T* and not replaced! YES YES YES YES. Baby steps to comming home! No more Primaxin or Unasyn, she will be on Keflex via pill from now on. We all just couldnt be happier~ tis a WONDERFUL DAY! And thankyou so much for stopping by the BLOG to check up on Tressa~

Did you SEE that???????? There....right there!

Have you ever been sitting, daye dreaming, and out of the corner of your eye, see a thing move, and think you saw it well enough to realize just what it was, but then..... find your mind wont let you believe it t'was what it t'was???? Maybe my mind playeth tricks on me lately.........so I have been rocking in my favorite chair.....waiting

See! Just there! Do you see it???? Do mine eyes deceive? I see them quite often, but just so I am not labeled a looney type...........

I have waited patiently and very still, until Mon Cher thinks me to be gone.....and as she peeks out 'round the hem of the olde dresses, snap! I have caught her shadow of an image as proof....Enchantments of all sorts are everywhere, if you just take the time to see them

Surgery #3 today...........

What a day. How is it waiting can take up so much energy? I got to the hospital at 7am this morning, and just got home at about 8.50pm. Tressa was on a no food or fluids order since midnight last, so I knew she would be having surgery today....just didnt know when. Dr came in at about 7.30 and said her leg looked good, he would do the skin graft today~ woo hoo! So we sat and waited. And the nurse came in and brought Tressa BREAKFAST........of which I said~ hey~ shes NOT supposed to HAVE that~ and I got a reply of oh???? Then about 10 minutes later, the aide came in and gave Tress WATER...to which I said again~ NO......... but was really thinking~ "HELLO people.......do ANY of you actually READ the charts?????????" At 11 they asked if she would like a snack....at noon they DIDNT bring her lunch...but managed to come in 2 times and ask for her tray and if she ate everything......tried to give her a snak again at 2.30.............then more water...........then at 4 they were so 'kind' to come and bring her a menu, and ask her to fill out what she wanted to eat tomorrow. :::sigh:::

She finally got her surgery at 4.27, and out at 6pm. We were back in her room at 6.40. She is so very pale after this one, not like the last 2. But Dr said all went well, they took the skin graft from the side of her hip, so it would be under her drawers and not visible even in a swim suit, so I thought that was extra compassionate and thoughtful of him, as he had talked about taking it from her upper leg. The most important thing now is NO MOVING. This should be interesting. She is on strict bedrest, and is allowed up only to use the bathroom, and she must use crutches so her foot doesnt hit the floor. That will make her muscle move, and could cause the graft not to adhere~ so instead of sticking and growing, it would just dry up and fall off. All I need is more anxiety. Something new to worry about. geeze...........so now we get to play the waiting game again. Dr said this bandage will go untouched for at least 4-5 days, so until then we will fill her room with positive healing thoughts for her new skin to STICK STICK STICK!
Thankyou all so very much for your emails and prayers and thoughts~ xoxoxo rachael

Fit for a Queen.........

It seems I am able to breathe a little today, and have very much enjoyed sitting down and concentrating on something other than bacteria for a change. I made this little wee stomacher for a special little Queen~ its all silk and soo teensy! I may add a few extra little touches, but kinde of like it plain as it is .....

I love making teensy weensie things, and this one fits right in~ it's just 1.5" tall!

Holding Steady!

Tressa is doing well today~ a little sick to her stomach this morning, but good! Her leg is quite sore today~ she was up walking too much yesterday I am sure, so no getting up today. She couldn't feel a thing yesterday, so the fact her leg is sore today is so wonderful~ it means there are healthy nerves there~ woo hoo! I am very pleased with how it looks today~ nearly identical to yesterday, and it has started to granulate. I know all your prayers are working!!! Thankyou thankyou thankyou~ a million thankyous could never be enough.

This is a picture of Tressa the day before her last surgery~ her best friend moved to Pennsylvania last week, but before she left, she came and showed Tressa how to crochet~ and I'm so proud of her she is really going to town on her little blanket!

SCRUB & WASH SCRUB & WASH SOME MORE
I have been trying to find information about the one bacteria that Tressa's first culture tested positive for, and come to find out I have been spelling it wrong this whole time~ it is in fact Acinetobacter Baumannii . If you would like to read more about this type of drug resistant bacteria, you can see a great sumary here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acinetobacter_baumannii

Reading the description is quite frightning, and makes me so much more happy with our Dr in cutting the whole of it OUT. We live out on a farm, and Tressa DOES shower every day....it is still a mystery to us all how she got this. It makes me want to hold down my children and scrub them all over with a hard bristle brush. I hope my dear readers will read its description, and be made AWARE of it, so that you will never have to deal with this in your family

Out for a WALK today!

We are doing pretty good today! Tressa's 'wound' was quite shocking to see in person, even knowing what to expect....but we all are good with it. She was very upset this morning when she caught a glimpse of it, and frightened, but we had some long talks and I honestly think she is A.O.K. with it now. I told her Id much rather have her with a hole in her leg, than not have her at all~ and as long as it heals with NO more infection, Ill TAKE IT! She does literally have a hole there, muscle exposed, but as soon as it starts to granulate, we will get some skin on it and GET TO COME HOME! She has no feeling there, so at least it isn't hurting her anymore. She has been released from her in bed restriction and today we got her up and out of bed for a walk and short trips OUTSIDE~ which really made her happy. Shes just on Unasyn & Primaxin now, and gets unhooked from her IV machine in between doses so shes much free~er now. The section of her leg they took out was sent to pathology, I would REALLY like to know what the infection was, but as long as its G*O*N*E*, I can honestly say I really don't care. I am not holding my breath, there seems to be so many 'new' illnesses and germs these days, it gets too scary for me to think about.

THANKYOU all so very much for the emails and cards ~ I cannot adequately express my gratitude to everyone for caring so much. Hopefully I can return the favor some day to each and every one of you