Dr. Throne (the pediatric surgeon) said that Ava could go home today as long as the hospitalist cleared her and we were comfortable taking her home. And yes we were!! Most of today was a waiting game. Waiting for the swabs to come back and the hosptialist to come and see Ava and clear her. The swabs came back negative for the viruses it was checking for. We saw the pediatric hospitalist and he told us the bug that she has is most likely the same her brother has and there isn't really any other reason to keep her. I was thankful for that news and called Andy immediately since it was about 5:30pm, so he could head up to Spokane. Just before 7pm the nurse came in, took out Ava's IV and took off her oxygen saturation monitor and gave her some tylenol for the ride home. At 7:30pm, we checked out of the pediatric unit with Ava and a lot of milk. Ava was very unimpressed with her carseat, as usual. I am sure she was more uncomfortable than normal however.
Andy didn't eat dinner, so we stopped at the A&W for a few snacks and continued our way. Shortly after stopping Ava woke up and started to cry. At the Plaza turnoff we pulled over, fed Ava and burped her, hoping it would make for a better drive home. It didn't and she still cried. So we gave up after being stopped for 1/2 an hour and just listened to her cry. We got home around 9:30pm and went to bed. We were exhausted!!
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