What a night. Lily and I are at BCH a few days ahead of schedule. She started showing signs of a stricture at home. She spit up her puree carrots a couple nights ago, and then yesterday she was really struggling to swallow her own secretions (saliva etc) when she woke up from a nap. I called the EA team in Boston and they wanted us to bring her down to get admitted for observation prior to her surgery on Tuesday. She spiked a temp yesterday afternoon, but it's back to normal now. They checked labs and a chest xray, and everything looks good. They just want to monitor her to make sure she doesn't aspirate any of her secretions and end up with something like pneumonia.
Joe drove Lily and I down here while his amazing boss, Phil and his wife came over to our house to watch Rose and Cora. When we got to southern Maine, it started snowing and by the time we were in Massachusetts, it was a true blizzard. We drove about 40mph the last hour. We are thankful for 4 wheel drive and a safe journey here. We had to be admitted through the emergency room, but they at least knew we were coming, so Lily had a room reserved on her old floor, 10 East. They checked her vitals, labs, and chest xray, started an IV and after a couple hours in the ER, we got to her room about 2AM. Joe drove home and made it safely, although he had to stop for a quick power nap a couple times.
Lily is acting like her normal self this morning and looks great. The plan is to just keep an eye on her until surgery on Tuesday. Thanks for your prayers everyone!
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