Mr. Seahorse, what are we doing here?

Yesterday I grabbed Anna's favorite toy. It is a seahorse that plays ocean sounds and soft music. Today it appeared as if Anna was asking her toy "Mr. Seahorse, what are we doing here?"

The reality of hospitals is that you do not get to sleep. They have to wake you up I think at least 10 times per night. It must be a rule. The other thing that has to happen is that the crazy people from the lab have to come before 6:00 AM to draw blood. I felt so sorry for Anna this morning. We were both sleeping well at about 5:30 AM when 2 people came in to “poke” her to get some blood. It was our wake-up call this morning. I know that they have to get the labs results before the doctor comes in the morning but it is just not convenient for those who are trying to sleep.

Anna is resting well today. She is definitely uncomfortable and not happy when she is awake so I am happy when she is sleeping. The pediatrician was in already this morning. It seems that Anna’s lab work from earlier indicates that things are getting a little worse (not better as expected) On top of the pneumonia she has urinary tract infection. Today she will have an ultrasound of her kidneys. Also Anna is having a slightly more difficult time breathing today so the doctor is going to have respiratory therapy get involved to check her out and give her some breathing treatments and steroids. Looks like we are going to be here for a couple of days. The doctor stated that we will be here till at least Friday but for now I am just going to focus on one day at a time.