This is not the chubby little cherub face that I am used to seeing! (her hair has french braids that one of the nurses did for her. Reminds me of some hairdos that they would do in Bulgaria on her)
Mahaela is making some improvements. Her chest xray looked better this am, so she did not need another chest tube put into her left lung. The right one is barely draining, so we are hoping the worst of that problem is over. They will leave the chest tube for a couple days to make sure. She ate a bit today and took some fluids. We really tried to get her to drink and she did ok.
Everything else is looking good on her and they continue to wean her off the oxygen. She is still on the high flow nasal cannula, but they are decreasing it slowly. Tonight she is speaking and interacting with others more.
The kids visited tonight and Lindsey thought she looked scary. Aubrey thought she looked better than last night. We are praying that she does not develop any more lung issues and no infections. She wants to go home with the kids and ride her new big wheel that they bought her tonight. She's gonna love it.
Here she is getting her hair "washed" in the special shampoo cap. She didn't care for it too much!
2 comments:
Awww poor baby:(! Praying for no more lung issues and a GREAT day today! Hang on Mahaela!
Makes me so sad to see her like that with the tubes and everthing. So glad she is doing better, praying she doesn't get an infection and heals quickly. Sure helps to have you guys there I am sure. hugs.
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