Maisie please pee.....

The paediatric surgeon saw Maisie this morning, he said that Maisies lump is not behaving like an abscess   which is good. It's most likely a wee leakage of all the fluids that she is retaining at the moment. Maisie is starting on tablets (diuretics) to help reduce some swellings that she has around her neck, all her swelling is  linked to the cronic lung disease and Maisies PDA being open (hope you've all been paying attention and know what that stands for ).

All the swelling and fluid retention is a little worrying especially since she's not weeing, which means she is retaining even more fluid. Because of this Maisie had a scan to check that there was fluid in her bladder, there is - Maisie don't worry about your bladder control there's plenty time to learn that, we just need you to pee.

Maisie also had another blood transfusion today (more fluid - how does that work?) as her haemoglobin levels still seem low, this will help with the oxygen level in her blood and also help build her up so that she is in fine fettle for her operation.

Unfortunately Maisies lungs are not improving and the longer Maisie stays on the ventilator the worse they will become. We will not find out until Sunday when Maisie will go to Glasgow - what we do know is that it will be Sunday or Monday. Maisie is currently on high levels of Oxygen to help her however this may have adverse side effects.

So today what we need is for  you all to pray for pee.....