Just a quick update today. Emily continues to do better and better. There doesn’t seem to be a change in the swelling (it’s very much reduced from where it was four days ago though) and the bruises around her mouth actually look worse, but I guess that’s because they are healing.
She is starving! She is also picky and that means she’s mostly eating yogurt, jello, soup (we gave her some chicken and stars soup today and she mostly ate the stars, so I guess we cheated) and lots of milk which I guess fills her up. I weighed her today and she was actually up about two ounces- so hooray for milk and jello!
We have our follow-up visit at NYU tomorrow and hopefully she’ll be officially cleared for soft foods. PLEASE PLEASE CLEAR HER FOR SOFT FOODS. I’m also going to ask about the stitches on her hip which are still covered by a big surgical bandaid thing that I’m afraid to touch. She says it itches like crazy and I want to know if we can remove it.
She’s been a little more tired than usual, which I think is pretty normal considering the reduced calories and the amount of healing. I hope she gets some sleep in the car tomorrow because we have to leave at 7 a.m. to get to the hospital by 10.