1st Hospital Stay...

Today we took Kacie to the ER at St. Luke's in Boise because she is just not getting better from the C-Diff.  They kept her over night for hydration and nausea.  Monday the 18th I had to take her in for a UTI and they put her on something for that and I don't know if it was the combination of drugs that is making her so sick or just the Flagyl from the C-Diff.  Dr. Jenkins said her Prograf levels were too high like around 9.6 so he lowered it to 3 mg three times a day instead of 5 mg in the morning and 6 mg at night.  It can't be too high or too low or it will damage her kidney and they like it around 5.  We are hoping by lower her anti-rejection medicine that will help keep Kacie healthier.

  

Being back at St Luke's has brought back a lot of memories for the two of us, so we both posted some throwback pictures on Instagram.  It was also so nice of some of her old nurses to stop by and give us some love.  (Mary & Alex) I just happened to be looking at old pictures of Kacie in the hospital back in 2008 and we looked through them together.  I was surprised how many are still working there...I think maybe only two or three had either retired or transferred to another hospital from all the many nurses Kacie had eight years ago.

It's hard to fathom how much time I have spent at St. Luke's between all the my kids...

They said Kacie could go for a walk around the hospital as long as she didn't touch anything because she is still in isolation.  We went to the gift shop and Mom was so cute with her and wanted to buy everything in the store for her.  Kacie ended up with these cute little critters.  Nothing like a grandma to spoil you!

We ended up leaving the hospital around 7-8:00 pm the next day.  

Hope she is ready!