More good news today.

We have had a busy morning. We slept in until about 9. I have been wanting to do that for a long time. When I finally did get up I gave Ash a bath and dressed her in a cute little pink ladybug outfit. Next, I began doing the housecleaning. Who would have thought such a small room could get so cluttered. I then stopped and read a few books with Ash. Next, I took my own shower. The plumbing here cracks me up. They are actually shutting down the whole PICU and moving it because of the plumbing. I turned on the shower then I pulled on the knob some more because I was sure I must not have gotten it all the way on. But I had. It was barely spitting any water out. When I climbed in I had to scooch up against the wall to try to get under the pathetic little stream of water. It made me laugh. After my spit shower we moved out the hospital bed and exchanged it for one of the cribs. The good part about this is that it means she is making progress, the bad part is that it is a tight fit when I climb up in the crib with her. Then I pulled our favorite green chair over by her and got to hold her for about 15 min. She began getting a bit restless so I put her back in the crib. Once she was settled back in the crib I rearranged some furniture and gave us a lot more living area. I think I doubled the size of the living room. Next, the Liver team came on rounds. Good News, she is progressing great. The plan is to remove the right chest tube today. The left one has slowed its output greatly and hopefully it will be coming out in the next few days. Her O2 has been weaned down to 1/2 Liter and that is only one small step from being gone. They started her feeds back at 25cc/hour and if she tolerates well for four hours she will go back to full feeds. I know she will do well today. She is going to do all the things they are wanting to see today. After rounds a package came in the mail. I opened it and found 2 cute little surprises for Ash and a special snack for Trish. One of the prizes for Ash was an Alphabet texture book. Ash loves these. I opened the book for her and was surprised to learn that my little gherkin is a speed reader. I didn't know this about her. She did a great job going through each page until she got to the end. She then began reading backwards until she found the F is for Flower page. This is definitely her favorite page. The center of the flower has purple glitter and she loves the run her fingernails over the rough texture. She cracks me up because she doesn't care for the soft fluffy textures, she loves the rough ones. We have read the book 4 or 5 times now and each time she searches until she finds the flower and then hangs out on that page. Thanks Camille, she loves it.

So what is left to do for the rest of the day. Well first I would like to go get some lunch. Then when I return I think I will do her nails. She certainly is in need of a manicure and I will do a pedicure just to keep those toes pretty and pink.

Now I know why we don't always get morning updates from Trish, I started this post this morning and it is about 1:15 and I am just now finishing it. Crazy.

Thanks for your prayers,love and support, it does not go unnoticed (is that really a word?) it helps us more than you will ever know.

As far as pictures go I would love to show you how good she looks, but the camera went back to Texas and won't be back until very late tomorrow night. We will get some when the camera makes it back.

DAVE