Day 7: So, our dialysis nurse reminds us of Melissa McCarthy

And she's just as amazing and funny as MM is - we're hoping to get her again tomorrow, we liked her a lot.

Mom is on Hemodialysis now (which is regular, standard dialysis) and they're taking more fluids off of her while cleaning her blood. Here's the amazing machine, along with her IV pumps:

So, the "shudder factor" of the morning is that the plastic surgeon came in and popped all of her blisters and now look SO utterly painful. They have turned up her pain meds, so she's comfortably sleeping today - all of us are A-OKAY with that plan. No breathing trials or extubation today, just letting her heal up a bit.

The infectious disease doctor came by to check on her and woke her up to see how she responds. She isn't able to move either arm or leg, but she was able to move her fingers just a little tiny bit (trying to squeeze her hand - they're still super swollen). When the doctor asked her if she could close her eyes, she very purposefully squeezed them shut and then opened them. Tears of joy, we think mom is still in there.

The CT scan didn't show any abscesses, but did show she has some gall stones (nothing to worry about) and that she does have pleural effusions (which means fluid around her lungs). Her platelets are coming up a little bit (42), but they need to be over 50 before they can take the fluid out from around her lungs (thoracentesis).

It will probably be a "slow" information day for us, since not a whole lot is going on here. Please keep the positive energy coming!! We'll take anything we can get: light, love, prayers, thoughts, magic juju, whatever!