Staying put for the night...

We are still in good 'ole room B647 in the CICU for the night. The room we expected to move to on the step-down unit is still occupied, so we will continue to camp out here. In some ways, it's the best of both worlds - Corinne is unhooked from all of the monitors they usually require for this unit, but she still gets a dedicated nurse and close monitoring. I got a good night sleep at home last night, so toughing it out in the chair won't be so bad.

Corinne had a good evening. Grandmommy came down to visit and enjoyed seeing Corinne's smiling face. The occupational therapist stopped by to help with feeding. She was excellent and gave me some good tips on easing Corinne back on to the bottle. It seems to have worked - at 7:00 she drank 2oz and at 10:00 she drank almost 3! I was so encouraged that she was feeding well again. Hopefully she'll keep it up and we can go home without the ng tube.

The only real issue we had was Corinne's IV failed - again (and as they were giving pain meds, again). They immediately called in the IV specialist (Corinne has officially been labeled as a "hard stick") and fortunately she got it in on the first try. The new IV location on her wrist required them to tape a board to her arm, but she really doesn't seem to mind it too much. I got the IV lady's name and we will be requesting her if we have any more problems! Corinne's blood pressue is still high, but it sounds like that is not uncommon for kids who have a VSD repaired.

Everything is moving along smoothly. Corinne seems so much more content and comfortable. It's hard to believe she is doing so well considering all she has been through in the last couple of days. We are so blessed to have our little girl on the road to recovery. Thank you all for your prayers and support.