Tuesday...I think

I think it's Tuesday morning...I think.  It's hard to keep up with the date here.  

B is doing well.  I can't post a pic from here.  She doesn't feel like herself just yet, but we are seeing little glimpses every now and then.

SO...whew...the past few days were a blur.  We stopped her feedings on Sunday night.  Monday we found out she had a possible partial ileus (bowel obstruction) which is common after surgery.  That was another whole day we didn't feed her any milk.  Her medicine is the only thing going in the gtube now.  The doc said that she did have bowel sounds (which is good) but that we couldn't feed her again until she (okay brace yourself for some real unladylike talk...just trying to be honest though) had some gas or a bm.  SO...we prayed for poop.  I went home last night to hang with H and sleep...daddy had a turn staying the night.  This morning I feel refreshed and am happy to say our prayer was answered!

We are waiting for the doc to make rounds today and give us the final okay to start feeding again.

We have had some issues with Oxygen also.  It's very tedious medical detail, but we have had problems explaining to the residents who are here at night that we aren't here to "cure" T18 and the pulmonary hypertension that has come with it (this is the natural banding of B's heart that we feel so blessed by) we are here for a gtube only.  Hopefully we are all on the same page now...B's awesome doc did some clarifying in her medical record for us.  Now we are hopeful that her pain goes away quickly so we don't have to give medicine for too much longer.  This would help the whole situation.

How long will we be here?  I have no idea!  We need to work our way up to semi-normal feedings and make sure there are no other issues.  I'm guessing 2-3 more days.

B is having some pain from the surgery.  It's a fairly large incision...especially for such a tiny gal. 

Prayer requests:

pain goes away quickly

feeding goes well and we can get home soon with no complications

oxygen is no longer an issue

Thanks!

C