Dear Ellie,
You are never satisfied until you get your way. You've got this thing about sleeping on your belly. When you do, all is well, but when you aren't on your stomach, you flail your arms and legs furiously, furrow your brow, and cry silently until the nurses relent and put you back on your stomach. All of this commotion, of course, is bad for all of your vital stats.
You are never satisfied until you get your way. You've got this thing about sleeping on your belly. When you do, all is well, but when you aren't on your stomach, you flail your arms and legs furiously, furrow your brow, and cry silently until the nurses relent and put you back on your stomach. All of this commotion, of course, is bad for all of your vital stats.
Most of the time, this isn't really a
problem, but today you needed a blood transfusion. While they had the
line in your arm, it was necessary to keep you on your back for about 5 hours
and man, did you throw a tantrum. When the dust had finally settled and
they plunked you back on your belly, you'd taken more than a few steps backward
with your respirator progress. Oh well...
I suppose you have a few reasons to be
cranky. Your lungs are "crackly" from fluid buildup and your
weight has been very bipolar. You shouldn't be losing and gaining 10
percent of your body weight from one day to the next. Your eyelids and
chin are visibly swollen.
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