We are in the car driving south toward home. It’s surreal! It’s all happened so fast and I just want every single person who helped us get through this – from docs and nurses to family and friends as well as co-workers and other business associates and especially The Big Guy upstairs – to know how eternally grateful we are for each and every one of you! Will write more later. For now, this is what sheer happiness looks like…
A resident named the blog post today. They were holding rounds this morning and she was talking about how little Fentanyl Catherine is on and said something like, “For most kids, this would be spit in the wind, but because…
We’re trying to get Catherine off the ventilator today. She’s not breathing as consistently as she needs to so it’s taking longer than I hoped. It’s amazing to me what a frustrating cycle this creates in me. Maybe her, too….
There were a few moments early in the morning when all the chimes from the dozens of monitors on all the kids in the ICU all stopped at the same time. Those pauses amid the constant chimes were more noticeable…
Your sister is in the very best hands in the world – literally. I thought you would like to see a photo of them wheeling her toward the OR. They took her in at 11:01 and we will let you…
We passed three weeks post-op on Wednesday, and on Monday, we go see the surgeon to see how Catherine is doing. She’s doing so well on the outside, it makes me wonder if the proverbial ‘other shoe’ is about to…
