gilligan's island

We didn't know what to do with ourselves this morning without having to go down to x-ray. But the surgery team came bright and early with the slamming news.  Friday is the new "maybe" plan for discharge.  They said, "You're the nice kind of people we like to keep around as long as we can!"  My honest response was, "We stopped being nice yesterday..."
They have some pretty unrealistic expectations of what she has to be intaking by way of calories and hydration.  I told them if that's what they're expecting, we'll be moving in for good.  (I did smile when I said it...) I'm hoping as the days go by they'll just get sick of us and tell us to leave.  There is no way with her tummy recovering from what it's recovering from that she will be able to drink 48 ounces of water plus the calories they want at any point this week.  Especially on the full liquid diet.  (The liquid diet doesn't count as the water, either, it's in addition!)  She is feeling great today, she's been teasing everyone and cruising around the hospital halls giggling all day.  You should see us chasing after her with the IV pole, trying not to rip her line out as we try to keep up! She just has a hard time eating, it's still making her tummy hurt pretty bad.

Carole came by to visit us again this morning and brought some fun card-making supplies to keep her busy.  She said, "This has been kind of a Gilligan's Island visit. You're thinking that it'll be a short trip, and then you never seem to be able to escape the island!"  That's how we're feeling today.  But Shawnie said this morning, "This is a great place to be."  She is feeling loved and well taken care of, and has been pretty content all day.  In fact, I'm wondering if her refusal to eat is because she WANTS to stay!!
Tonight she is in the craft room syringe painting.  Keith figures we haven't used enough syringes yet and might as well use a few more.  She ate a whole dish of strawberry ice-cream for dinner tonight, without too much effort, so I'm crossing my fingers that from here we're going to pick up the pace.