Today's adventures

Ellie is a champ! She is changing in front of our eyes and we are falling deeper and deeper in love with her with every moment. For such a little girl she has had to put up with so much. Heel pricks every 4 hours, blood draws 2-3 times a day, not to mention new IV ports every day. We are really looking forward to the day when we can hold her without all of the wires and tubes to wrestle with.

Here is the latest 'accessory' that was added today. This IV was put in for her blood transfusion. We were hoping that we wouldn't have to do this, but her platelet count dropped below the critical level this morning. It is nothing too serious but if untreated any bleeding (especially internal) could quickly lead to serious problems. If all goes well we will only have to do this once. We will get lab results tomorrow morning to find out if the transfusion went well.I had to add this picture of our 'basking baby' under the Billi-lights. I think she looks so cute with her little glasses.