Do you know The Sound of Music?
Today, this is my version:
"I have confidence in sunshine/ I have confidence in rain/ I have confidence that spring will come again/ Besides what you see I have confidence"
that Matt will do well on the GMAT today!
in my mom taking care of Isaac!
in Eli's doctors!
that we may return home tomorrow or the next day!
"I have confidence in confidence alone/ Besides which you see I have confidence in me."
Here are some photos of this past week's events:
Isaac playing in the water fountain in front of Primary Children's.
Your only a kid once, right?
Isaac learned how to play FoosBall, and LOVED it!
And we took him to the zoo.
The moment we have been waiting and waiting for happened today. Eli is now out of the PICU and healthy enough to be on the "floor." Meaning, his recovery at the hospital is almost over and we will be able to return home soon.
We thought we would be going on Friday, however Eli's ventricle (the lower chamber of the heart) started to not pump as well. He looked very sick, and was not eating enough to keep himself hydrated. (I didn't post any pictures of that day. They are hard for me to look at.) After some medication change they felt he was recovering, but kept him in the PICU just for some more observation.
Eli will be getting a Heart Echo tomorrow, and if all is well we might be able to go home tomorrow afternoon or Wednesday. Hooray!
The two week old boy named Tucker is doing remarkably well. However they will still need to stay here 4 to 6 weeks! Because he went into heart failure before they could get him here, his kidney's, and a few other things were a bit damaged. But the surgery went well on Wednesday, and hopefully they will be able to hold him soon. Because of the nature of his surgery his chest was kept open--but still bandaged--and that was closed yesterday. Soon he will come off the breathing machine. Parents are doing better, and taking it one day at a time. His defect is HLHS.
4 comments:
Gee Matt we hope you do well. So glad Eli will be coming home soon!
Every time I read the Eli updats I cry! I think they're sad and happy tears. So glad to hear things are going well. I sure do miss seeing you every day. You and your family have been in my prayers constantly... seriously!
Joy to the World!!! I am so happy you posted that Eli is out of PICU, I have been worried all day and was just telling Phil about the weekend you had. I can't wait to see ya'll again- and your precious Eli!!!
This post makes me happy! People in our ward are asking me how Eli is...so I'm sending you some Hoover love. When we finally got to go home I totally thought I would throw a big party I was so happy. But it turned out I was exhausted. I hope someone brings you some fabulous cupcakes and rubs your back. You guys have been through so much, especially sweet Eli.
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