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Sophia had a nice quiet night of sleep - her first all week.  She is able to go longer between pain med doses and is just enjoying spending time with her sisters. 

She did get sick this morning once, after a dose of oxycodone.  But if she takes it again, she will be eating something with it, now that we know for sure it upsets her stomach. She took a little nap afterwards.

After lunch, we all watched Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Sophia and I had started the movie at the hospital on Saturday morning before she was discharged.

In fact, we were watching it when the hospital pediatrician came by to see her.  His name?    

Dr. Chitty.

I’m not kidding.   

Doesn’t God have a great sense of humor?

Home again, home again, jiggity jig..

 

Sophia was released this morning.  She already looks better.  She is moving around more easily and ate a nice lunch.

Her pediatrician stopped by the hospital this morning to see her.  He’s probably the only the doctor in the past week that has caused her to genuinely smile.  He’s super.  We talked about his recent conversations with Dr. Manning and how dramatically different her post-op x-rays look.  They are the only x-rays she’s had which show part of her heart on the left side of her chest.  They are very hopeful that she is going to see a big difference in her ability to breathe. 

The pediatrician told me he was very proud of Sophia – of how brave and strong she has been.  He said he’ll never forget when he first met her and heard her history – that from a medical standpoint she is unique and fascinating.  But he was also amazed at her tenacity and strength.  He said he thinks of her as his “little engine that could”.  When he left, he said, “God is taking care of our Sophie.”

He certainly is!

 

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We left Cincy last evening with Sophia, hoping that even though she hadn't drank much throughout the day, she would do better at home. But I just couldn't get her to drink hardly anything. She began to show some signs of dehydration in the later evening. So after talking with her pediatrician over the phone at 3:30 am for quite a while, we made the difficult decision to bring her for an evaluation.

She is on IV fluids and is beginning to improve. A visit from a few of her little cousins was excellent medicine. And of course she was happy to see Grandma and Grandpa, who came as soon as I called to tell them where we were.

Aunt Colleen is here with the new baby on the post-partum unit across the hall. She let Grandpa babysit him so she could come show Sophia a few pictures of him on her camera. Sophia was very happy about that.

An x-ray was ordered this morning due to some problems with her oxygen levels, but they came back clear, and the problems were resolved after she got up. Apparently her sleeping position was the culprit. Her neck was bent too far down.

She should be released in the morning, as long as she continues to drink and eat. She's already doing better about trying. A nap and some fluids have been very helpful.

We're waiting for her oatmeal to come - and here it is!

Thank you for praying. We are so thankful for it ! As Glenn said, God has heard them.
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And back again...

After bringing Sophia home last evening, Sophia would still not drink or eat.  Kelly called our pediatrician around 3:30 AM voicing her concerns about dehydration.  With his advise she took Sophia to Clarian North about 30 minutes away.  They put an IV in to hydrate her and administer meds.  Sophia has had a little Sprite and some dry cereal.  We need her to eat and drink and then she would be able to come home.

Please continue to pray for her healing and full recovery.

Thank you again for the prays you have already offered and have been answered gloriously!

Glenn

Sophia and Isabella

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While you're praying

Please remember to pray for our other kids at home. A couple of them are really missing me and Sophia. If only I could be in two places at once!

Also, pray that our loving friends who have been helping with things there, will be helped in their endeavors by sweet, obedient children. :)

We're very thankful for their willingness to be such help to our family.


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Better

Sophia is finally seeming to turn a corner. Such a relief.

She really wasn't ready to go Wednesday. But last night she was moved to a step down unit, looking pretty forlorn, and she's been steadily improving since.

She had a better night- was able to get up twice to go potty, and got a little more rest. It took quite a bit of coaxing to get her up, but she was very brave. They have told us that the goal today is to get her up a few times and eating and drinking. Also, to try to decrease the oxycodone to Ibuprofin. Then she should be able to go home tomorrow.

She was pretty uncomfortable this morning with pain, but she was able to sit in a chair next to her bed, (with some persuasive encouragement) perched unhappily on it's edge for the first 10 minutes or so. Her nurse Emily gave her a dose of oxycodone, and she slowly relaxed as she sat there for about half an hour. I was able to distract her with the happy news of Aunt Colleen's new baby boy, born last night. We spent several minutes trying to think of boy's names with an "R" in them. George, Charles, Gordon...

Afterwards, she got back in bed and ate a few bites of chocolate pudding. Her first food since Sunday. Yay!

Now Glenn has arrived with her twin, Isabella. Sophia is telling her all about things here, and Isabella is soaking everything up with a sweet smile, interspersed with sympathetic murmurings. They are sitting side by side in the hospital bed, watching Milo and Otis.

Thank you for continuing to pray for her, it is a great encouragement to all of us. My first thought after the surgery Tuesday, when Dr. Manning said how well it went was, "That's because of all the people who are praying for her!".

Thanks be to God!



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