Dec 21 3:30 pm

Things have improved. The combination I mentioned in the last post is working wonders to get fluid off! In one hour, she drained 500 mls!! That's a lot. A ton. Huge. Almost too much all at once. So they stopped the lasix and diuretic and will reevaluate again this afternoon to see what dose or how often she should be on it. We want the fluid off, but not quite that fast. She drained approx. 500 the first hour, 400 the next, and 300 last hour. So it's going down, but still, that's A LOT of fluid to drop in 3 hours. But what a difference Clarie is feeling already. She sat up with Dad and read a few books, could actually open her eyes all the way, and even had music time with a music therapist. She's feeling much better already. Still a ways to go and not what we'd call comfortable at all yet. You can see that by just looking in those eyes. But she's soooooo much better than this morning and actually starting to look like herself again! At least now we know what works for her. Just got to keep in all in moderation.

Her new words: me bye bye. go. bye bye. all done. all better.

You certainly can't blame the sweetest one for feeling like that.