A little Mouse and a big hospital

If you haven't heard, Mirriam is in the hospital. She had an ear infection last week and it looks like it descended into her lymph nodes. Yesterday at school, they noticed that the left side of her neck was swelling. We took her into the ER and they diagnosed it as an infected absess in her neck. She went into surgery last night to drain the absess. The surgery went well, but they didn't get as much out as they expected, which means there is a lot of inflamed tissue. They are keeping Mirriam in the hospital for a few days for observation, and she's been fighting off the infection with a fever of 104+ today.

Since Mirriam requires 24/7 care, one of us will be with her all of the time. The group home she lives in is sending staff as well, but their policies for hospital stays say that family members have to be there while staff is there. So we're on deck. All good thoughts and healing energies for Mirriam (and for Char and myself) are welcome.

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