Home from Hospital :)

December 16, 2003

Kristy was discharged from hospital late on Monday and we arrived

home yesterday. I have called this admission " short line hell " poor

Kristy had 5 lines in 5 days Never again without a PICC line!

Still there was nothing in the past to indicate these kind of probs

would occur.

Her sinus surgery went very well and the surgeon was pleased he

didn't have to do as much as expected. He said there had been a big

improvement since the CT scans! The only thing we'd been doing

different (after consultation with Kristy's CF specialist) was use

her pulmozyme through a mask instead of a mouthpiece, so we have

been encouraged to continue using a mask in the future. I asked

about using a mask to assist sinus problems after reading other

parents comments on this list...so thanks so much to all who posted

about that, in Kristy's case there is definite proof of improvement!

Kristy did have a bad reaction to an anti nausea drug given with her

anesthetic (it had the oppostite effect) so things were extremely

grotty for a few hours after surgery (I've seen enough blood now I

don't need to see anymore - YUK) until Dr arrived to check on

her and saved the day...well in my opinion he did!

I'm sorry I'm rather slow in catching up on all the missed digests

but I'm sorry to hear about Eilish's Staph...I'm glad we're

home now, the boy next to Kristy was being treated for Staph but the

doctor assured me Kristy was not at risk? All in all I'm sure

there's less risk of infection here than staying in hospital any

longer.

Kristy's homecoming has been very special, the hospital forwarded

cards from GrandmomBev and Gale, she found out she achieved an

Honours score for her recent Tap Exam and also received a Bronze

Medal for her Tap category. I've uploaded a pic of Kristy in

costume for the recent dance concert if you'd like to look it's here:

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Barbara

Mum to Nicky 16 wocf and Kristy 13 wcf and very relieved to be home!

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