Rowan Tree and Red Thread

Well, the consultant showed up last night around 7.30 and gave Rowan leave to go home from the hospital. The various blood and urine tests hadn't shown up anything, her appetite was improving and he didn't think staying hospital was doing much for her. She's still fairly reluctant to drink enough but we're pestering her for little amounts often. I think the real improvement came yesterday afternoon when the doctor who had admitted her at 2am on Thursday morning, Dr. Eche, came around to have a check on her and said she needed some fresh air and "mobilization". That is, take her outside and work up an appetite. The man's a genius. Trotting about the grounds of the hospital, picking dandelions, placing bits of gravel in long rows and generally exploring the world seemed to perk Rowan up no end.

So we're all home again, and we're to watch Rowan's intake of fluids carefully. There's a slight question of mild anemia, which we can address with an iron supplement later. Apart from that we're none the wiser as to what was wrong with her or whether she's clear of it or likely to go through all this again. Until last Wednesday I would have said she was getting better.