March 14th

We had a little set back last night. As I had mentioned, the drs are trying to wean Khloe off of the medicines that can only be given in a hospital environment and adding those medicine which do the same type of support for her heart, but can be taken at home. So far she has responded well to this, however, yesterday after coming down a step on one of the meds, her blood pressure and heart rate spiked again, they had to go back up in dose on that medicine and it took from about 9:00pm until around 4:00am for it to stabalize. She was also sick again during this episode and this morning is very tired.
So today is one of those two steps forward, one step back kind of days. It means that Khloe needs to go through a stable time again before the meds can be decreased once more; we are hoping that may be as early as tomorrow.
At home Grandma and Granpa Lewis have been able to stay a bit longer, which the family really loves and I greatly appreciate! I know we Moms often wish for the power to be in more than one place at a time and I am certainly feeling that need now! :-) But I must also say how wonderful it is to hear from Larry and the kids about all the nurturing that is being shown by our friends and neighbors as well as family near and far. Thank you all SO MUCH for giving my family the care that I am not able to right now!
Another tidbit for those of you from Parker's Landing Ward...when visiting Khloe here at Primary's a few days ago Karissa heard her name called in the hall...and was happily surprised by Michelle Shaffer! Tender mercies like this meeting we see as messages from our Heavenly Father that He is constantly mindful of us.