We'll see her in a few hours

We just left our baby with the MRI folks. She'll go from there to the OR.

It's likely that both hips will be opened and drained. It's unlikely that she'll come out of it with a cast on her hips. She's been having some air in her stomach and bowels and they don't want the cast to interfere with that.

When we see her again, she'll have an NG tube (nasogastric) that will run from her stomach out her nose! That'll be used to pump excess air from her bowels. It should make her stomach area much more comfortable. For now, she's off regular food for a day or two. The prevailing theory is that her stomach issues from yesterday were just a symptom of the lingering infection.

At this point, Tess has learned enough to teach a med school class.