Cellulitis:
The "infection of the soft tissue near her ear" is actually cellulitis. She has some swelling in neck and redness around her trach and g-tube. She was in a lot of pain yesterday, but the antibiotics seem to be kicking in. She's not in any pain today, so far. She was much more alert and active today.
Blue Ice Cubes:
They are trying to get Mom to start eating 'solid' foods soon (jello, pudding, etc). First they need to make sure she can swallow correctly. To test this, they have her chew and swallow blue ice cubes. Then they check her trach tubes to see if they find any blue. They didn't. Mom is swallowing correctly!
Myra and Susanne left for home this afternoon. It was a great visit and we were happy to be able to spend time with them. (thank you again!)
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