Day 3- Just Barely

As we begin day three, I am shocked that they are talking about sending us home soon. Can you believe it? We want to stay a bit longer... So we will see. We are sleeping on this little couch just barely big enough for both of us, under a window, right next to Abby. We fell asleep laughing that we feel like we are at camp- lots of people in a very small space. She has been nursing like a champ so far tonight. We have to negotiate with all of the wires and tubes just to get her out of bed and into my arms. And i could never do this without Grants help. How do single parents do this?

Last night she got morphine at 4 am and didn't get another pain med until 4 pm this afternoon- Tylenol with codeine. She's moving in the right direction! We heard that they might remove her large chest drainage tube tomorrow- and they give her morphine for that because it's quite painful. From there, they monitor her for 3 hours or so to make sure that that was a good decision. And then they may kick us out. Prayer for dry lungs and no more anemia would be appreciated.

We have met lots of kids who have never even been home- they came here when they were born and months later are still fighting to get healthy. We feel so blessed in light of these stories. God has answered our prayers in ways that have exceeded our expectations.

We love reading your comments!! Thank you for walking through this with us.