1 Week Ago...

Can't believe that one week ago Reagan was in her marathon surgery. She has been doing so well ever since.  Today, she has made good progress as well.  She was able to come off of one of her heart meds (epinephrine) and has been doing good.  Also, since chest closure yesterday, we have been able to position her on her sides and it has truly helped mobilize alot of secretions in her lungs.  After laying on her back for a week, she's got alot of "junk" in her lungs she needs to clear.  Even on mega doses of sedation, she still "wakes" and coughs up this stuff.  She is so strong!!!  Also, they are trying to get her off the TPN she has been on since surgery so today they started slowly feeding Reagan through her g-tube.  At first, they started with Pedialyte and her tummy tolerated that so now she is getting small amounts (5ml/hr) of her formula.  This is to hopefully get her gut moving again after a week of being idle.  In addition to all this, they are weaning her down on her ventilator settings.  Hopefully, we can get that thing out very soon because Reagan is so miserable with it in.  She grinds her teeth on it and it is so hard to watch. Tomorrow, the surgical team is planning on taking out two wires that have been in place measuring pressures in her heart.  I feel like today has been a day of checking off many things on the recovery list.  I am a list-maker at heart and so it thrills me to be able to check some of these things off!!
Our friend, Lisa Shirley, came by the hospital today and brought us a ton of goodies as well as lunch.  Thank you so much Lisa.  You are the greatest!!
Lastly, baby Arden's surgery today got postponed until tomorrow.  So, please continue to pray for her to remain stable overnight and that it is a successful surgery.