Sunday Afternoon

Movin' on up...

Rana was moved upstairs to a regular children's unit today.

She seemed to be happy with her new surroundings...

الحمدلله اليوم رنا خرجت من العناية المركزة

وكان مزاجها طيب الحمدلله بعد مارضعت الحليب ولعبنا معاها أكثر من ساعة

الان اتكلمنا مع الدكتور وقال انو حيسولها اشعة للدماغ يوم الخميس وممكن بعدها تروح

معانا البيت على نهاية الاسبوع ان شاء الله

لاتنسونا من الدعاء

Routine

Rana has been in the intensive care unit for two weeks now.

Because fewer tests have been conducted this week, she seems to be establishing a good routine - waking, sleeping, and eating in fairly regular intervals. We're hoping it stays that way when she comes home!

Change is in the air...

One of Rana's doctors informed us today that most of her test results are in. The good news is that they have ruled out all sorts of illnesses. The bad news is that we still don't know what caused Rana's blood to clot--and we may never figure it out!

For now, we continue to treat her symptoms and hope that healing continues. Rana's anti-seizure meds and blood thinners are being altered so that we can start to talk about taking her home (no more IV's!). She will likely remain in the ICU for at least the rest of this week and then probably spend some time in a regular children's unit, but we should be able to take her home sometime in the near future!!

Two Weeks Old!

While she is pretty big for her age, some of the

hospital staff seem to have over-estimated Rana's size,

putting her in a diaper that was three sizes too big...

...and giving her an enormous bottle!

No wonder she got the hiccups! ;)

An Encouraging Afternoon

Rana woke up for and was quite alert

during our visit this afternoon.

Days like this are very encouraging...

Sleeping Beauty

Rana pretty much just slept the day away today.

We were glad to see her dressed in real clothes again,

but had to laugh at her missed-matched outfit!