Gabrielle has been struggling with a high fever again and is having trouble keeping fluids and food down. She has not been very interactive thus far and scared us a bit this morning with some funny eye movements called nystagmus. She seems to be a bit more alert this afternoon and able to make eye contact. They sent blood cultures and a urine culture to rule out any infection. We are still in the PICU where they take very good care of us but may be moving to a regular pediatric bed soon.

We have begun the process of looking into rehab. The doctors have recommended beginning with inpatient rehab and then carrying over into outpatient rehab. We are trying to find a good facility in the triangle area that offers acute inpatient pediatric rehab. If anyone has a recommendation we would love to hear from you.

We continue to pray Gabrielle will pull through the fever and that she will grow more alert and interactive.

I’ll update again soon!
Kelly