07/18/2007
Yesterday was a great day! Chloe sat up a lot and even did a bit of coloring and then, with a deep, rhaspy, post-extubation voice, said, "More Wonder Pets Please, Mommy." What a sweetie. So, she was busy and we enjoyed yesterday a lot!
Today: Chloe is still doing well... much quieter today than yesterday. Because she is uncomfortable she isn't taking the kind of breaths she needs to so her lungs are not taking in enough air making them look a little cloudy but not pneumonia so she has a little mask on that pushes air in gently to make her take deeper breaths. So, today she is resting a lot because of that and she was so busy the last couple of days... they said all is still normal and relative to her surgery adn she is doing great. She's getting higher calories by her pic line adn maybe starting some food tomorrow by gtube.
She's still getting good pain control but that labored breathing is not fun, Great tooshie and urine output, those are good neurological signs adn she kicked and shook her head no when she was getting a catheter so that's a very good sign, too.
baby steps and they said to expect good days and then days that she's not feeling as good; it's all part of the healing process.
