Friday, September 21, 2012

Beads

There is a program here called "Beads of Courage".  It's a very nice, presumably very expensive gift they offer to families.  You get a string on your first day here and each procedure gets you a bead.  There are 20 or so different beads including tests, bloodwork, surgeries, dressing changes, overnight stays in the hospital, x-rays, intesive care stays, and alot more.

Black is "pokes" - Ellie has had alot of those.
Yellow is "overnight stays".
Rainbow is visits from that team that helps families with serious issues.
In about an hour (11:00 a.m. EST) Ellie will be getting another bead...the discharge bead.