We had a wonderful family day today. Waffles with peanut butter and syrup (Sunday tradition), church, then time at the hospital with Kara. Our expectations and planning have gotten better. Whereas last week it was very stressful to have Connor & Katie at the hospital, this week was great. The kids "gelled in and out" well, patted Kara's head, and played on the floor in her room for a while. (The difficulty is that all the "fun" things are outside of Kara's room). We also found a quieter location to eat snack (NICU waiting room is very loud and hectic). Jeremy really cared for the kids so I could have more time with Kara and then we 3 headed home and Jeremy is still at the hospital.
Changes - Kara is down from 30 to 25 McCg of morphine. Woo hoo! Does a parent's heart good to see that. Her chest tube has been water sealed (did we mention she has a large chest tube to drain post-surgery?). If she does o.k. with it sealed - they will check via x-ray -, then they will remove the tube. That will be one less thing between us and Kara when we hold her!
Kara is up to 6 mL per hour of Mommy's milk, she's digesting quite well. We anticipate chest tube out soon, extubation in the next few days, and continued weaning off morphine for the next week or so.
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HI Meg and Jeremy,
Thank you so much for keeping us abreast of Kara's progress....and her improvement is truly a miracle! May God continue to give you the energy and strength to keep up this hectic schedule.
Love, Aunt Ruth and Uncle Terry
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