Day 4- Eat Payton Eat!

Payton is still in the CTICU tonight. Jennifer said it this way; “There is no room in the Inn, so they are still staying at the Hilton.” The recovery floor is full, so Payton has to stay in the CTICU. Basically the difference is, in the CTICU there is always a nurse in the room where as in recovery there isn’t. So, while she’s in the CTICU Jennifer can sleep in the parent’s lounge and take a break without leaving Payton alone. Once she goes to recovery Jennifer is on duty for 24 hours, because she will not be left alone. They are still saying that she might be able to go to recovery tomorrow, but we’ve heard that before so we’ll wait and see.

Her central line is out and there hasn’t been any drainage from her 2 remaining chest tubes. But that doesn’t mean a whole lot at the moment because she still isn’t eating very much and isn’t moving around. She sat up for about 10-15 minutes this morning and they should be getting her up and moving around again shortly. Payton doesn’t like to move around, but unfortunately it is something that is necessary to help her come home.

So, once Payton is eating well (by Payton’s standards or by the doctor’s standards has yet to be determined) and is moving around and there is no drainage from her chest tubes they can go home. So we need prayers for Payton to eat! Until tomorrow.

Aunt Melissa