Sunday, February 22, 2009

The Oscars are Long but this Entry is Short

Well, as most everybody already knows, we were at the hospital with Susannah last week. She got another UTI we found out Friday night; Saturday morning she started a new antibiotic; Saturday afternoon she ran a fever; Saturday night we were at the emergency room. She was on i.v. antibiotics for 48 hours followed by oral antibiotics. She did fine.

Tuesday afternoon we came home. Unfortunately she caught a nasty cold at the hospital and Tuesday night and Wednesday were stressful because her fever came back in addition to a harsh cough, snotty nose and little bit of vomiting. We were worried that maybe the UTI was still not under control, but once the fever passed Wednesday night we all felt a lot better and knew it was just a cold.

There are a lot of details that I will skip. In short, it was rough and things are better now. Everyone knows this is a sucky situation. It will get better once she has her ureters reattached, and we will meet with the urologist in early March in hopes of setting a date for that surgery. Until then all we can do is endure and help make Susannah as happy as possible.

This blog was intended to keep Susannah's admirers abreast of her adventures here in the big city. Here's to fewer medical updates and more about the fun she is having.


Playing with Grandma Moonpie



















Making herself at home in the hospital

















Checking out the chickens in Chinatown













A busy Sunday morning with Dad



















Little monkey's favorite monkey

3 comments:

Moonpie said...

So happy to see little monkey back on the blog. Mom and dad are awesome too. Love you all, GMP

PS: Did Susannah watch the Oscars?

R and L said...

Hi Aplins~
Ugh, I just feel for you guys going in and out of the hospital! It just breaks my heart to see that sweet little muffin attached to all those IVs. But my goodness, she puts on a good face. I hope you can continue to look into those big beautiful eyes and know she is the most wonderful muffin and, as you say, this will get better. In the meantime...stare deep into those eyes (monkey or baby, you pick). I miss you guys and little s. She is just edible!!!
Love, L

Anonymous said...

Not really related to most recent post, but I happen to know that Mommy Aplin is celebrating a big birthday today!!!! I hope you are celebrating. With all you are facing, a little happy time with cake and ice cream (or whatever you desire) can do wonders for the soul. Remember, we February babies are special:)
Love and prayers to all the NYC Aplins!
Katie Snow
P.S. I'm only anonymous because I am not at home and don't remember my username stuff.