chloe is going home
posted on 07/28/2007
Yesterday they took chloe off her nasal cannula and she's stayed between 95-100% all through the night! More leg movement, good pain control, good sounding lungs means we are being discharged tomorrow morning! We are all so ready!
She has some morphine withdrawal (sweaty, periodic grouchiness, high heart rate adn resp rate) but we can use Ativan (similar, less potent narcotic) to wean her more easily at home.
Going home on Tylenol with Codeine and a nice straight back...
She keeps telling everyone: "my bumps all gone... my tape and gauze is off... I'm much better... I'm eating, I'm ready to go home." Some pauses in between those phrases but those are her words exactly.
She can lay down and sit up with supports at home while she recovers and does more PT. Her muscles are a little weak but she'll be back to sitting up on her own in a couple of weeks and then to crawling practice as she has a lot more tone in her legs even today.
We're so excited. We're taking the 6 hr drive home a little slower: more like 10 hrs but we'll be happy to get there
Thank you all, so much! The prayers worked; we anticipate the day when we can see our little, straighter and 2 inch taller peanut, crawling, again... and maybe walking, too! :)
