Weekend Smiles

Ah, I love weekends full of smiles and giggles. Ruthie has been rather happy the past couple days.
On Friday, Ruth had a surprise visit from a St. Louis favorite, Chris Carpenter. (For those of you who don't know Chris Carpenter; he is a St. Louis Cardinals' pitcher. He is actually a quite talented pitcher.) Anyways, he was in the hospital and the nurses saw him down the hall. So quickly they flew into action and got Ruthie all dressed up in her Cards gear. She was all dressed up and smiles by the time he hit her room. The St. Louis Post Dispatch took a few pictures and Carpenter gave her a bear with a signed Cardinals jersey.


Besides her meeting famous baseball players, Ruthie's weekend has been good. She is working hard on sitting up and playing with her new birthday toys. She is smiling non- stop and almost laughing out loud.



Unfortunately, her chest x-rays are not showing the same "happiness". They are still a bit cloudy and her right lower lobe is still collapsed. She "clinically" looks good, but her films don't say the same thing.
RT and the nurses have bumped up their attack plan. They are still "vesting" her every 4 hours and giving her breathing treatments. They are now adding chest PD (where they beat on her right side) every four hours (between her "vest" treatment). We are all working on getting her sitting up and moving around. We are encouraging her coughing and suctioning her to keep her clear. With every suction and every cough, I hope we are getting closer to the end of this infection and lung junk.
Ruthie is up to full feeds. She is tolerating them well. She is on pediasure 28 mils an hour continuously.

Please continue to pray for Ruth's strength. Pray that she can continue to heal her diaphragm and clear her lungs out. Pray for the doctors and nurses. Pray for their guidance and wisdom. Pray for courage and pray for understanding. Pray for patience.

Thank you so much for the comments and prayers. We are very blessed.

Hugs!
The Yarbrough's