Recovery: Day 6 (Evening)

Well, we took care of the constipation, for now anyway. Justin is SO much happier, and that makes for happy parents! He has smiled for the first time in almost a week, and he is talking and squeaking. Randy asked who replaced our child with a bird!






We were able to free ourselves from our last attachment to the wall, the continuous pulse ox monitor, so that means we are free to walk the halls. We took our first walk around the floor and explored our world. It was nice for mommy at least. We still have the EKG box, but we are trying to get rid of that too. Justin looks like he has a spider trying to escape from his stomach!




We took all of the excess tape and patches off Justin and he looks more like my baby, finally!


This was mommy and Justin watching football today. Some of our teams won, but it was just good to watch something other than hurricane coverage!



I accidentally cut Justin's thumb when I was clipping his nails and so his thumb is all taped up. his other hand has the IV in it, so he cannot suck either thumb, but he is still trying. There is some cotton wrapped around the thumbs to protect them, and somehow he manages to chew on it and so he has fuzzies in his mouth all the time. I made him some onesies that velcro on the shoulder for easy access to his chest and easy BP readings, but they kind of look like old man undershirts. That combined with his pot belly after eating makes for a funny looking baby!



The plan for tomorrow is another echo sometime, possible removal of the chest tube, another chest x-ray, and more blood work. I think our main issue will be eating and gaining weight. Today was much better, and I think clearing the pipes was a big factor in that.



We have the BEST friends ever. Since our family spent the hurricane at our friends' house, we didn't know what happened to our house. We knew the outside was okay, but we didn't know about the cat or power, or the situation inside. Our friends went to our house along with my sister and cleaned out our refrigerator, threw away all the spoiled food, cleaned it with clorox wipes, turned it off, and propped open the doors. It's ready for us to come home! And kitty is fine and has a clean litter box and food and water. And they got a generator and are continuing to care for my family. I want to cry and laugh and above all praise my heavenly Father for the love of family. They are my church family. I have spoken with a couple of people today and they all ask if we need anything. Sure, there are some things we could use, but "need"- no. We are safe and well-fed, and healthy. Everyone has weathered a storm this week and we are just rejoicing for safety on the other side.