Thursday, April 18, 2013

Tubes are out!

Big progress this morning Lilly's drainage tubes were taken out and now she is just hanging out with her oxygen and foot IV. We are hoping that everything will be off of her and switched to intermittent monitoring in the next few hours. Then she can start to move around and make progress toward getting up and walking (hopefully by the end of the day).

She is recovering so fast, the dr. says if her X-ray is clear in the morning there is a strong chance she can already go home tomorrow! She will just need to continue on her tylenol and possibly oxy by mouth at home and mama will have to watch her every second so she doesn't crash while walking.

She has no appetite this morning but she has been snacking on a few goldfish and watching price is right clapping along with the audience. Here is a picture



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  1. Hi guys, this is Brandon's sister, Bre. My brother shared your blog with me. Hope you don't mind. I'm so glad to see that Lilly is doing so well. What a trooper! I was also born with VSD and a defect called pulmonic stenosis. I had open heart surgery when I was 13 months old. I've spent a lot of time at Children's hospital, you are in good hands! I've done q&a's at Children's with my cardiologist for parents of kids with defects. If you ever have any questions like, what it might be like for Lilly to grow-up with her scar, I'd be happy to share. I hope the rest of her recovery goes smoothly. Congratulations to a healthy little girl!

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