Dec 19 10:20 am

We've had a fairly good night. Claire's fever has gone down, even without the help of Tylenol. Yeah! Hopefully it stays that way! Her urine output is still not quite what they'd like to see, but it is enough to not cause too much concern. They've said that often times, it takes a few days for the kidney to really kick into action, so the amount of urine it's producing now is sufficient. They've given her a few doses of lasix to help her urinate more...and that helps once she gets it, but then it wears off and she's back to where she was at before. We'll just keep praying that the kidney will get into shape and do it's duty to the fullest!! She is much more puffy today than yesterday because they've given her a lot of fluid to try to motivate the kidney to get filter it out.

They are doing another kidney and liver ultrasound right now to make sure the blood flow to both organs is open. We'll get the report about that later.

Claire's surgeon, Dr. Heimbach, stopped by this morning to see how things were going. Here's the woman whose skilled hands and sharp intellect saved our princess's life!


We're still not sure about dialysis for today. Labs are still pending. They are thinking very strongly about taking the breathing tube out today and letting her wake up!! When the sleeping meds start to wear off or she hears a familiar voice, Claire is half-way out the door! She wants to wake up so bad...arches her back, flings her arms and legs all over, tries to sit up, etc. etc. etc.!! It takes at least 2 of us to hold her down! She's a fighter, which is just what we need in this princess! Hopefully we will be able to see her beautiful eyes again today.