Today has been another good day so far for Abby. The hospital staff has already removed her chest tubes and nearly all of her IVs. So she is progressing along according to schedule.
We are probably in PICU for another 24 hours before we will move to a regular children's room. We then expect to be released on Monday.
Thank you for your prayers and concern.
Friday, June 4, 2010
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Abby is Nicely Progressing and a New View
This morning has been a good morning for Abby. A couple of tubes have been removed, she is allowed water and is having Cheerios again. Hopefully she can have her favorite beverage later today-milk!
Also we have now moved rooms. We are in room 558 in Building A at Medical City. Same floor, same unit but a different view from the window. We will most likely keep moving around as Abby continues to progress.
Thank you for the prayers! They are working.
Also we have now moved rooms. We are in room 558 in Building A at Medical City. Same floor, same unit but a different view from the window. We will most likely keep moving around as Abby continues to progress.
Thank you for the prayers! They are working.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Room Update
Abby has been assigned to her PICU room here. However, we are asking for no visits until Friday afternoon (see previous post on visitation and the PICU rules). Abby's is in room 563 in Building A at Medical City. She will most likely be there for the duration of her stay.
We continue to get great reports from the doctors and nurses. She is responding well to the surgery and her medicines. The doctors are even impressed that she seems to be pushing for the next step on the road to healing.
Please be in continued prayer for us. Tomorrow, during the day, it is promised to be rugged. Some of the tubes are to be removed, while still semi-drugged combined with limited movement. For a 40 year old that is fluent in English-that sounds tough. For a two year old that is new to the US, it promises to be very challenging. However, not to challenging for the Lord!
We continue to get great reports from the doctors and nurses. She is responding well to the surgery and her medicines. The doctors are even impressed that she seems to be pushing for the next step on the road to healing.
Please be in continued prayer for us. Tomorrow, during the day, it is promised to be rugged. Some of the tubes are to be removed, while still semi-drugged combined with limited movement. For a 40 year old that is fluent in English-that sounds tough. For a two year old that is new to the US, it promises to be very challenging. However, not to challenging for the Lord!
Visitation
Several people have kindly offered to visit Abby while she is recovering in the hospital. In advance, thanks!
We think, as of now, that we should be able to accept visitors after 12p on Friday. We will most likely be here through Sunday and maybe as late as Monday.
She will be in Pediatric ICU (PICU) on the 5th Floor in Building D at Medical City Dallas. We don't have a room number yet. When we know more, we will pass it along.
With Abby being in PICU, there are a few rules for visitation.
We think, as of now, that we should be able to accept visitors after 12p on Friday. We will most likely be here through Sunday and maybe as late as Monday.
She will be in Pediatric ICU (PICU) on the 5th Floor in Building D at Medical City Dallas. We don't have a room number yet. When we know more, we will pass it along.
With Abby being in PICU, there are a few rules for visitation.
- We can only have a couple of people in the room at a time.
- No one 12 and under (if you have a kid 12 or under, you can still visit but not bring your child into the room)
- No visitation between 6a-7a and then again from 6p-7p.
Again, thank you for the touching outpouring of love, support, kind words and most importantly the prayers.
Abby Out of Surgery!
Abby is now out of successful surgery and is recovering. They patched the primary hole which was in the lower part of her heart with a patch about the size of a quarter. They were able to stitch together a small hole in the top chambers of her heart. Jennifer and I should be able to see Abby about 12:30p.
We are so thankful for the rash of good news!
We are so thankful for the rash of good news!
Thankfully the Surgery Has Begun
Jennifer and I are excited that Abby's surgery has begun. The nurse has just updated us that things are going well. We will post more when we know more.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Green Lights Given Today in Advance of Surgery Tomorrow
Thankfully the doctors are continuing to give Abby green lights for her heart surgery in the morning. Jennifer and I continue to see this as more answered prayers.
It amazes us that the nurse can take blood from Abby and she just looks on as this is something interesting. I think I was feeling sympathy woozy for her!
The surgery is scheduled to begin in the morning (June 2) at 7:45a and be done by noon. The doctors think she will be in Pediatric ICU (PICU) for several days and then a couple of days in a regular hospital room. We are hopeful that we will be dismissed Sunday or Monday.
As the big day draws near, we continue to covet your prayers. We also appreciate the many kind emails, calls and texts. We expect the next several days to be crazy so we will continue to use this blog to communicate.
Again, thank you for your faithful prayers and encouraging words of support.
It amazes us that the nurse can take blood from Abby and she just looks on as this is something interesting. I think I was feeling sympathy woozy for her!
The surgery is scheduled to begin in the morning (June 2) at 7:45a and be done by noon. The doctors think she will be in Pediatric ICU (PICU) for several days and then a couple of days in a regular hospital room. We are hopeful that we will be dismissed Sunday or Monday.
As the big day draws near, we continue to covet your prayers. We also appreciate the many kind emails, calls and texts. We expect the next several days to be crazy so we will continue to use this blog to communicate.
Again, thank you for your faithful prayers and encouraging words of support.
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