Working on Healing..

Hello Friends
 It has certainly been a long week! It's amazing how quickly time flies in the hospital even when you are doing much of nothing trying to recover from surgery. We have had lots of visitors which has been nice and kept us distracted and lots of really sweet and lovely flowers and gifts for maddie and mom- Thanks to everyone who has been so kind of us!

 Mom has been struggling with the pain and recovery.. after getting over her nausea she was having a really terrible migraine on top of the other pain that was making it hard to interact with visitors and maddie. She ended up in her room in the dark with a cold compress on her head all evening/morning to try to get rid of the headache. Today she is feeling a little better - in constant pain but at least the headache and nausea is gone. It's hard to get used to being so slow moving and feeling weak and sore constantly and not do the things she is used to doing. It's also amazing how painful the gas that they blew into her from the surgery can be but it really hurts! Gas bubbles are trapped inside of her and they tend to float into her upper abdomen, chest and shoulders causing pain and soreness, the only way to get rid of them is to go up or down and out! It's just a matter of time and getting everything moving..

Maddie is in better spirits than mom and has been very chipper for being in the hospital/ post surgery. Today she kept asking her nurses 'what are you doing' as they messed with all the machines and tubes attached to her :) . She has had plenty of toys and visitors to keep her busy as well :)  However we are still dealing with the blood clot she has. The doctor explained that the clot will not go away with the medicine she is being treated with but the medicine will stop it from growing -If it grows it will be lethal .We will have to monitor it and she will have to be on the medicine for 8-12 weeks to ensure stop of growth. They have also tried putting her on feeds but it seems like she still keeps throwing up . She has been on a very low feed ( around 10 ml per hr ) but she is not tolerating it - so they put her on 5 ml per hour and it is half pedialyte half formula... We are hoping we can advance her feeds.

All in all we are feeling good we have to be thankful for the success we have. Recovery will be slow but sure

And we have God to thank for all of this.. And thank you to all of you who have been a support to us in this.

Sincere thanks and God Bless!