She Looks GREAT!!!

I am so excited to report to everyone that I think Ashley looks GREAT! She has never looked so good or so comfortable after a procedure. She is a little puffy and swollen, but I think she looked that way before she ever went in. She is now sitting up in a hot pink boppy pillow watching Blues Clues and chewing on the camel from her nativity set. She is NOT on the ventilator and I am praising God for His goodness. She is breathing comfortably at this point and is not showing an elevation in her temp or her blood pressure. I think she looks phenominal! I could not be happier. The report I was given is that the tube is in place and that we are actually going to begin feeding her 5ccs per hour today. I am so happy. The feedings will be the true test. We will know very shortly if things are going to work for her or not, but I can't help but tell you that I think we may have finally figured it out. Thank you so much for praying.

Now I will make a little confession. My toothache is coming from a wisdom tooth that I am too chicken to have taken care of. I am a firm believer that He did not make a mistake when He gave me these wisdom teeth. I just don't know why they have to hurt so bad! They must have been placed in my mouth for a reason. Why are they even called wisdom teeth? I am hoping the pain will just go away and I can go back to ignoring them. I wonder if they can actually make me sick? At this point they are just causing my left jaw, left ear, left side of my head and left side of my neck to hurt. Oh yeah the left side of my throat too. If all of that would just stop then I would feel just fine. Hopefully He is planning on taking care of that for me. If not I will just have to suffer because I am not going to let somebody cut out my teeth. That just doesn't even sound "doable" to me. I am such a wimp!

I am going to go try and take a little nap now that my sweet Ashley is no longer under the anesthesia. Hopefully she will like that idea and we will both get some rest. Thank you so much for checking on us. I am feeling optimistic that all of this has been worth it today. I will give more details about how things go with the feedings this evening. Take care guys.