One week Post-Op

How is she different? In every way possible! You can't even imagine.

She is hungrier, more alert, more engaging! She even burps, toots, and poops better! Literally, every part of her that requires blood flow (every part of her) is better! Her smile is bigger and her laugh is louder. She now gulps when she eats - didn't even realize that she didn't do that before. Her coloring is a little more pink but the poor baby isn't going to be able to overcome getting her mothers coloring. She is stuck being fair complected.

She's still a good sleeper but I'm not sure we are going to be blessed with that much longer. With her increased appetite, she is wanting to eat earlier and earlier in the morning. Pretty much every morning so far she has wanted to eat an hour earlier than the morning before.

She is on a new medication called Sildenafil. I am proud to say that this is Viagra! This is significant because it is very hard to get. We had to wait 3 days to get insurance to approve it and therefore had to pay cash for a 5 day supply - Viagra isn't cheap!! This is supposed to do the same thing as being on oxygen so she shouldn't need it much longer. She is on a very low setting so hopefully she will be off within the week. I have been weaning her everyday but she is still showing that she needs it; especially at night.

It's hard to believe that just a week ago we were sitting with her in the Cardiac ICU. Can't wait for the incision to completely heal and the steri-strips to come off! She is still pretty bruised from all of her IV's. She had one in each hand, one in each foot, and one in her neck. We go tomorrow morning to get her sutures out where her chest tubes were. Hopefully, this won't be a big deal. We see her cardiologist next week for an Eco to make sure everything is as it should be.