Paris Houk 9 years old

Paris Houk 9 years old

Paris 8 years old

Paris 8 years old

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Paris staying busy in the hospital

Today was dad's day to visit the hospital.  Medically, the numbers from her bloodwork still are not changing much.  The doctor tells us this is still normal but says he sees new blood cells under the microscope.  Tomorrow she is scheduled to get her G Tube installed.  The doctors plan to do it with an endoscope and will try to use the same location as her old one from about 7 years ago.  Karla will be with her through the entire process.  Paris is supposed to get a new IV catheter tonight which she is not happy about.  Tomorrow, before the procedure, she will get some platelets through another blood transfussion.  Her count is still low and the doctors don't want any bleeding problems tomorrow. 

Paris was in much better spirits today.  Her face looked better but still had a little swelling.  Paris likes to spend her time playing the wii.  The wii is provided through the Child Life department which provides an endless amount of resources for children including a number of video games and movies.  She found a game that lets her groom, train and ride horses.  Paris did homework yesterday in all her subjects except Bible.  I took her Bible book today and she was able to complete it in about 10 minutes.  And then, of course, she was back taking care of her horse.  Paris is dying for another child to play with.  We walked several laps around the ward, hoping to meet another child with no luck.  I know Karla has tried to help her do the same thing.  The best plan seems to be attending an organized arts and crafts time provided by the volunteers and hoping to meet someone then.  We plan to try this on my next visit, Thursday.  Paris also spent time today viewing her blog particularly the old photos of her with a G tube. 

I want to say thank you to all the people out there who have given Paris so much support.  Her room is filled with gifts and she has had visitors on several occasions.  She has had visits from Donna Sterling from her school, Pastor and Mrs Lum and Mrs Fry, Mr Phelps and Mrs Phelps from her school visited her this evening.  The nurse said she could here the laughter at the nurses station.   Apparently, Mrs Fry got a kick out of the horse game on the wii.  Mrs Fry also brought the other subjects of Paris' homework for her.  When I talked to Paris, she was busy working away while watching Home Alone 2.  I was amazed that she had started already.  She also had a plan to get the nurse to help her with her spelling words.  I let her know that it might no be the best idea and that mom would help her tomorrow.  Thanks again for all the prayers and support.  Hopefully, she will be home soon.

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