Fever, Again

Overnight last night the decision was made to give Lynnea a dose of steroids to see if this would bring her fevers down. This morning one of her antibiotics was stopped to see if that would change her fever curve at all. This afternoon she spiked a fever - 101.1, and then was given Tylenol, so we don't know exactly how high she actually spiked. We'll see how she does overnight tonight.

This morning Lynnea was awake, and even a little bit playful. I believe she may have smiled, and possibly even laughed at me a little bit when I was being silly with her and giving her kisses on her hand. It was hard to tell if she was actually smiling because of her breathing tube, but she kept giving me her hand asking for more kisses, and really seemed to enjoy herself. This was good to see. She also enjoyed watching one of her Little Einsteins DVDs, and was feeling feisty enough to try to take off her blood pressure cuff and oxymeter probe (without success, of course, which frustrated her a bit). All of this while she continues to be on several sedation medications, that no longer seem to be doing much of anything for her.