Update on Brittanie

Just as Brittanie was starting to recover from the pain in her throat from the tonsillectomy, she developed thrush. Her tongue and back of her throat and palate are all covered with white ickiness. Katie had thrush when she was a baby so I had some Nystatin in the house. I got her to swish and swallow that and then called the doctor and got him to call in some Diflucan to help really get rid of it. She didn't tell me until today about the white stuff. She thought it was just cotton mouth. But it is painful....more painful than the surgery pain. So hopefully....prayerfully....once the thrush is gone, she should be almost back to normal. Diflucan usually works pretty fast so hopefully she will be able to eat by tomorrow. She really hasn't eaten anything since Tuesday night. She is so hungry but the thrush makes everything taste terrible and makes her gag. So now she isn't wanting to drink either. When it rains it pours. But at least the Morphine is out of her system and she is not grouchy anymore. Yesterday, she was actually quite clingy and hugging on us....even Katie. It was GREAT! Too bad she has to be sick to get mushy like that. hehehe Today she doesn't want to be touched. Her breath is horrendous from the healing scab from the surgery as well as the thrush so she won't let us near her and she has brushed her teeth and tongue 100 times today.

Please continue to pray for her. We took some pictures of the roses she got from me, Tom and Katie, as well as the balloons she got from my mom, my nephew and his wife and daughter, and my niece and her 2 girls. Unfortunately, Katie kept pulling on the balloons and we have blown ceilings so three of the 6 latex balloons were popped within the first 5 minutes. By the time I took the picture, the other 3 latex balloons were deflating so we only took pictures of the mylar ones. They are the prettiest anyway. So here they are.