It's Christmas Time!

Ok. We're getting into the Christmas spirit. They decorated the atrium today and put up the big Christmas tree! It's so pretty. We had to go get an echo today, so Bailey and I toured the place to see the decorations. It's starting to feel like Christmas. And, with all the Christmas shows they're showing on ABC every night (tonight was "Shrek the Halls" and "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"), that's helping too.

Bailey and I are taking a little break from our evening TV viewing. We're down in the atrium right now -- I'm blogging, of course, and Bailey's knitting. We're sitting next to the big Christmas tree. I've had an enormous headache this afternoon and evening and feeling pretty nauseous - sinus stuff - and I'm trying to determine whether or not I should eat something and, if so, what it will be. The cafeteria is closed, so it will be McDonalds. Maybe a hefty dose of french fries? Maybe not.

Dr. D said Bailey's echo today was "reasonable". We all kind of laughed at how ambiguous that was, but at least he didn't take one look at it and say, "Oh, my gosh!!" Ha! He did find some fluid between her sternum and her heart - said that might be why her chest still hurts quite a bit. They're not too worried about it, but they are going to do a CT scan to take a closer look. If she was running a fever, they would be worried that it was an infection, but Dr. T said the best evidence is to take one look at her and see that she looks great and is feeling great. She's still draining from her chest tubes. This is, by far, the longest she's ever had those in, but no one seems to be worried about it. If they're not worried, we're not worried. Bailey's weight went down a little again this morning. Still moving in the right direction! Yeah!!

WFMS morning show (Jim, Deb and Kevin) visited today. They were gathering interviews for their radiothon in February. It was good to see them. Mimi sent a gift with Jim for Bailey - a gingerbread house kit. She's already got it done! That helped with the Christmas spirit too. I'll post a picture when we get home. It's so pretty! She figured out how to make icesicles (did I spell that right? it looks weird) with the icing. We watch at least 6 hours of the Food Channel every day, so Bailey really enjoyed working with food. In fact, she's thinking about a career in culinary arts. Thank you, Jim, Mimi and Corbin!

We're ready to go back upstairs. We'll detour McD's. Hopefully by then I'll figure out if I want something to eat.

Have a good evening everyone! And let me be the first to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Angie