Baby steps

Emmie has had a much better morning. She is much more comfortable and has not had any further fevers. She's still a little puffy, but she is looking more and more like Emmie. Her BP and heart rate are still elevated, but they have weaned one of her blood pressure drips and are slowly transitioning her to oral BP meds. This is to help decrease the work that her right ventricle has to do. Before her surgery, it was doing a lot of work and it just needs a little rest. She should not have to be on the meds for too long and certainly not permanently. She's eating, pooing/peeing and watching tv extremely well. The attending cardiologist and her surgeon are very pleased with her progress and think that she's ahead of schedule. This is good news for us. We have to remind ourselves that this is a teaching hospital and not to be concerned if the first year fellow says something silly. Yes, I know we were residents once and I apologize if I gave anyone a heart attack for worrying about normal stuff.

Thanks again for all of the emails, texts, thoughts, prayers etc. I'm sorry I don't update more often. The wifi doesn't work in the ICU and it's hard to leave her side.

Amy