D-day is nearing...........

D-day is nearing

We're almost to the end

I can't believe it's finally here

The best is yet to begin!!

Today is supposed to be our last full day in the hospital.  Discharge is planned for tomorrow (Wed).  We will spend Wed. evening in the RMH as a family and then fly home Thurs. morning.  Our gracious friends at Wilsonart have offered to come and pick us up on their jet.  We are extremely grateful!!!

Reagan got her broviac line out on Monday afternoon.  Today she had to be pricked for labs to get a last check at all her levels.  Her renal levels have continued to go down to which we are so thankful.  Her BUN today was 34 and creatinine was 1.1 (pre-op level was .7) so she is not far off.  She has been a little nauseous & retching over the weekend but I believe this will all clear up once we are at home.  Once home, we will have follow-up appts. with all her specialists (cardiologist, pulminologist, pediatrician) plus as a bonus we've added a new specialist, nephrologist, due to her kidney injury this hospitalization.  Aren't we lucky to have so many great doctors looking out for Reagan!  Next week, should be full of doctor visits.
Reagan has also had an EKG and echo today as a last check at her heart function before leaving.  She is still on 1/4 L of oxygen which the docs are fine with her going home on.  Because Reagan has underlying chronic lung disease, her lungs always take longer to heal and they say that a month from now she may be fine without any oxygen at all.  They basically just want her oxygen saturation levels above 90 and without the 1/4 L now she dips to 87 so hopefully we will not need the oxygen much longer.
A huge thanks to our neighbor Debra for feeding our fish and getting our mail.  Also, for sending the books with Nolan.  I read the book, "Dogs Do, Dogs Don't" to Reagan this morning and she smiled at almost every page.  We've just been hanging out today.  Here are some of the things we've been doing to pass the time:

working puzzles

watching cartoons together in Reagan's bed

and here's sweet Nolan watching a movie (Shrek 3) on the laptop

Please continue to pray for my mom & Lonny who are driving cross-country to get home.  We are actually going to beat them back to Texas!