Our tiger baby had her follow up appointment yesterday. She was definitely not happy to be back at the hospital. When they put on her hospital bracelet she really made a fuss. Poor baby just doesn't understand what all this...
Great Report!
Easter
Even though this was Ian and Jovie's first ever egg hunt it only took them a few seconds to catch on. Easter egg hunts are a whole lot more fun with 3! This Easter meant so many things, it's significance of having a...
Leaving the hospital
We were discharged from the hospital last night. It felt AMAZING to walk out of our room and out of there with our girl. These last 5 days have been the hardest days. I can't even tell you the relieve it is to be going...
Step Down Unit
Yesterday afternoon we were able to move to the step down unit... So we now have our own room!!! I finally got to hold her too. It was well overdo - I could feel my sweet darling melting into my arms. She's needed this......
ICU 4
Jovie had a good night last night and her levels were all good. She did throw up 3 times last night, which breaks my heart but otherwise she slept. She had an X-Ray that was good as well. This morning the doctors said...
ICU 3
Today Jovie continued to do well but she was awake more and upset. They are slowly wheening her off several things to get her ready to be able to move her out of the ICU and into the step down unit. We are hopeful that could...
ICU 2
Last night Jovie did very well. She's gone through an incredible thing and her body is still in shock. The breathing tube came out last night at about 12am and she is breathing on her own now. She is starting to wake up...
In ICU
Today has been the day we've dreaded for so long and it's now over... Jovie is doing sooo well in ICU. She still has the respirator breathing for her but they believe that her breathing tube will be able to come out tonight....
Update 2
Jovie Ming is done with the surgery now and is getting settled in ICU. We just spoke with the surgeon and he said everything went as well as it could. He went into detail about the repairs they made in her heart. The best news is she is not using a pace maker; her heart has found it's rhythm and she...
Update 1
This morning went as planned. They gave Jovie medicine that made her very sleepy at about 6:30 and at 7:30 they took her back. She was so tired and after we gave her kisses she left without even really knowing it. The sweet...
Surgery Tomorrow
Today we spent the day at the hospital getting ready for Jovie's surgery tomorrow. This is more overwhelming than anything I've ever done. It was just an incredibly hard day. We met with nurses and doctors one after...
At the doctor for Ian
Today was Ian's appointment with the pediatric gastrointestinal doctor. I don't think we've shared Ian's "special need" on the blog, partly to protect his privacy and partly because it's just not fun stuff to talk about. Ian...
