Resting Somewhat Comfortably

It's almost 10pm and Hattie is resting pretty comfortably for the most part. She has discovered the IVs going into her hands (both hands are taped to little boards to keep her from pulling them out).  We had to put socks over them so her fingers couldn't pull on her other tubes. Once they removed her breathing tube, they put a nasal canula in, which is just a small tube that is taped to her cheeks and brings oxygen to her nose.  They are weening the oxygen to see how she does and then hopefully it can come out in the night tonight.  Her chest drainage tubes and catheter will possibly come out tomorrow.  Not sure about when her temporary pacemaker will come out yet.  Once she gets those out, she'll just have her IVs and her main line, which is like an IV in her neck.

She is on about 7 different meds and fluid drips intermittently, some to keep her bp low, some for pain, some to keep her calm.  They are going to work on decreasing some of them throughout the night tonight.

She wants to drink and gets really mad when she can only have an ounce at a time.  She flails around and arches her back, but then tires herself out and sleeps for awhile.  Hopefully she can get some good quality sleep.

We haven't posted photos because they aren't easy to look at, but here is one that doesn't show much - just a little girl dreaming about being able to play with her big brother again soon. ☺️

Paul and I would like to thank everyone for their support, love and prayers today. Although we aren't able respond to every message, we are seeing them and definitely feeling blessed and overwhelmed by how many people are praying for Miss Hattie!!