Well, Elizabeth has had an exciting day. At 7am she was having a chest x-ray (she had been coughing during the night), but all looks fine with that and her bloods are looking good (ie: her latest infection is being successfully blasted by the antibiotics). She then had a visit from Mr Jaffrey during her morning bath. He was thrilled with her progress and reckons that the amount of skin she has grown on her exomph is what he would have expected to see after five or six months! She is a star baby and the sooner she gets that skin grown the safer she will be from infection.
Mr Jaffrey followed up this great piece of news by brandishing a pair of scissors and trimming off what can best be described as "nasty bits" off her exomph revealing even more nice pink new skin underneath. He also had a good squeeze of her bump and could feel some of the contents moving back inside her.
His lovely colleague, Claire, then removed Elizabeth's central line (tube into her major veins used for antibiotics). This has been in for a few weeks and it's great news that it's come out as they can be a serious infection risk. It's also one less thing for her to have to lie on! Unfortunately, this procedure began just as her dad was arriving for his only visit today AND a magpie woke him up before dawn twice this morning by tapping on the window (pass me my gun, Jethroe!). Andy managed to grab a ten-minute cuddle before he left, but it shows how good it will be to get home.
By the way, having enjoyed some lovely visits last week (my personal thanks go in particular to Jules - it was REALLY lovely to see her!!!) I have no one coming this week, so please do text my mobile on xxxxxxxxxxxx if you'd like to arrange something. I need to hear about life outside!
J
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