Little Changes

Here is our little monkey - after only being home a few days. Most of the time, she's happy... just like her old self. There are other times when she's a bit more "needy" than before (heck, wouldn't you be if they cracked your chest open and messed around in there?). I am already starting to see bits of her scab come off -- it really us unbelievable how quickly her little body is healing. She still makes a little "eh" sound in some positions like she used to (as if it's hard to breathe) and I assume this is because her lungs are still so "wet" from all that extra blood getting pumped to them for 4 1/2 months. In another few months, they should dry out. A tiny change that I noticed today is that she used to not let you hold her up to your shoulder. She'd arch her back and not stay in that cuddly place.  I never thought that had to do with her heart...I just thought it was a preference on her part. Today, she snuggled right up to my shoulder and hung out there. Huh! Who knows....  We started her on her avocado diet again today and she's eating just about every 2 hours or so. Just like when we brought her home from the hospital the first time. We have some folks bringing food over this week and I'm so thankful because the new level of sleep deprivation that kicks in around 5pm is pretty staggering. We continue to pray for the same ole' things.... dry lungs, her anemia to resolve, her heart to return to it's normal size (in due time) and for her to pack on the lbs.