Ivy is amazing! She is pulling through this procedure almost like it didn't even happen. For example, its like she doesn't notice tubes are coming out all over her torso, or that she has a huge healing incision, and those headaches I mentioned yesterday, well either she isn't having them, or she's one tough cookie cause she isn't acting like she's in any pain at all. I even got her to smile playing peek-a-boo, and Scott got her to make her silly stinker face! She is back to her adorable self just 24 hours after open heart surgery. Amazing.
Anyway, it was a good day for other reason's as well. The docs took out her atrial line (this tube thing that was going in her body near her sternum and went into her heart), and the IV going in her neck (I don't think they call it an IV when its in her neck, maybe IJ, but I don't know, not really the point). She also got to sit up a little bit today, and I was able to feed her a few bottles, which she ate very well. We should be able to hold her again tomorrow, she will maybe move from the picu to the surgical unit, which would be great, and hopefully they will remove her drainage tubes also!
We had a nurse that we remembered (and loved) from Ivy's 7 week hospital stay after she was born. She remembered us too, and it was fun to catch up, not to mention she was willing to let us pretty much run the show all day (like decide when Ivy needed a bottle or needed to sit up, etc). I don't think that we have ever had such a good day a primary children's! I hope there will be a few more to come.
Finally untied and able to sleep on her side.
I painted her nails and put a bow in her hair. Who says you can't look pretty while in the hospital?!
Sitting up and giving her back a rest!
sitting up again, but I thought it was a good view of all the wires and tubes she has coming out of her body.
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