Friday, February 15

Caitlyn had a good day yesterday and is feeling even better today. Her appetite is slowing coming back. (She looks so skinny right now!) The doctors want her to be fever free for 48-72 hours before going home so it sounds like Monday will likely be the earliest she can leave. Her fever this morning was only 101.5 (much lower than in the past) and she only had the one fever all day yesterday. Her blood test are showing a good deal of improvement as well. The doctor said she's "turned the corner" but they are being cautious to not letting her go home too early. It has been a very complicated case. The infectious disease specialist thinks that she actually has a "walking pneumonia" which is caused by the mycoplasm pneumoniae bacteria for all you academic people out there. Usually, walking pneumonia is very mild or even undiagnosed because people think they just have a cough and cold. So, it's puzzling why Caitlyn got so sick from it. But the treatment seems to be working, so at this point, they're thinking that this was the bug.

Chest x-rays did not come back when I was last at the hospital so I don't know if there was improvement with the collapsed lung. They seem to think she has a "mucous plug" in there that just doesn't want to be coughed out. (I know, sounds really gross.) She's supposed to be drinking lots of fluid and staying out of bed as much as possible. We take walks around the hospital several times a day and started climbing the stairs, too.

Caitlyn continues to have respiratory therapy. She's had some very animated and quirky therapists! You can ask her about that if you want... :)

Thanks again, for all of your prayers. We have a huge network of friends and family praying for and thinking about us. It's amazing to think that our family is being covered in prayer from San Francisco to San Diego, Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Santa Barbara, and even beyond! God has been so good to us and we are so blessed by you!

Here are some pictures of Caitlyn at the hospital. She doesn't even look sick. She's doing so well. I'll update again tomorrow! Thanks for checking in! :)