Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Day 12: Holding Steady

Not a lot of changes with Evie today. When Dr. Ilbawi checked on her today, he used the word "super" to describe her - it's the second day he's said that! He said if she remains stable like she was today, they will probably close her breastbone tomorrow; if not tomorrow then Thursday.

They have started decreasing some of her medications. One of them is called Fentanyl and it is a powerful narcotic painkiller. We learned that because she has been on a high dose of this for 10 days, they will actually give her Methadone to wean her from it (that's the stuff they give to recovering heroin addicts)!

Here is Evie today, sleeping with her mouth open:


She was awake when I arrived and was squirming and trying to look around. Her eyes were still a bit spacey, though. Her nurse changed her incision dressing and then she fell sound asleep!


Back at home, Gavin worked on destroying a Macy's box:


"My mommy says that you guys aren't as good as Marshall Field's!"


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Evie Evie Evie. You are doing so good, and your uncles are so ecstatic to hear Dr. Ilbawi describe your heart function as "super!" You rock, beautiful niece of ours. We love you SO much and can't wait to get you back home.

reese55 said...

Two supers IS really super! And I've never thought someone sleeping with their mouth open could be so cute and such a relief. So happy that things are going well....here's to things continuing in that direction. Love to all, c&c