Makayla is Home!!

Just wanted to let everyone know that Makayla is home now. After an ER trip that turned into a 4 night 5 day stay at the hospital, we are glad to be home. Well, they found out that the soar on her leg is not MRSA. They still aren't sure, they think she got an infection from her shots she recieved about 2 weeks ago. Either way, it is healing. The pneumonia turned out to be aspiration pneumonia. This means that the food and drink she had taken got into her lungs, instead of all going down to her stomach. They did a swallow study, and found that the only safe consistency to give her right now is pudding texture. She now has to have all of her liquids thickened and her foods pureed. They will begin to add speech therapy to her routine at the Guild School, which will include eating and drinking therapy. The doctor in the hospital wanted us to put a tube down her nose and into her stomach as a feeding tube, because she feels like this will be happening again. James and I prayed about it and felt like this wasn't the right decision right now. Considering, this is the first time this has happened since she has been alive. So, we will be doing the therapy and thickening of her liquids until they do another swallow test on her in 2 to 3 months. She does well with spoon feeding milk and is not coughing anymore, which is a great sign she isn't aspriating. James and I just wanted to thank our family and friends for all the help and prayers they have given the last few days. We are happy to have our little girl home, and she is happy to be aways from the people who just wouldn't leave her alone in the hospital.