H is out of PICU! The nurses moved her to a regular recovery room at around 2pm today. It's nice to have her unhooked from most of her wires. The only things she's still attached to are her monitor wires (to watch her heart rate, blood pressure, and oxygen levels) and the drain in her head. Boy, are we ready to have that drain out! I'm constantly worried I'm going to pull it out! And it looks really cumbersome & painful for H.
Amazingly, H is only on Tylenol for her pain. This is great in the sense that she is really interacting with us & seeming in many ways her old self. However, I think her head is bothering her more today as the other narcotics wear off. Understandably!!
So things to keep praying for: that the drain can come out tomorrow, that her pain is tolerable & not too bothersome for her, and that we can GO HOME THURSDAY as they are anticipating!
We are so grateful she is doing so well. It's truly amazing to me how babies this young bounce back from something like major surgery on the head. We also are grateful for all of you...for your thoughts & prayers and for your many words of encouragement through emails, texts, phone calls. Thank you for all you do and have done for us.
M+K
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