Another LC Update...

Today would have been my first day alone on hospital duty, but Nana Cam decided to stay an extra day. It's a good thing she did, since it will give her a little more peace of mind than leaving after LC's rough Sunday.
Her X ray this morning showed no change. Her upper right lobe just doesn't want to fill up anymore. She's had respiratory treatments every 6 hours to try and inflate her lungs, but it just doesn't feel like responding yet. In order to come home, she also needs to be able to take a diuretic effectively through her tummy, but in order to keep the wet under control she's still needing to take her medicine via I.V.
Her cardiac surgeon felt good about discharging her based on her heart performance and correction, but her cardiologist in charge of our floor wants her to stay another day to focus on strengthening her lung. I'm all for that, since I wouldn't have good monitors or oxygen support at home if anything should go wrong.
LC was up quite a bit during the night, but for an altogether different reason than last time...She has discovered the pulse/ox monitor on her toe and figured out that its red light is actually connected to her foot. Thus, she is in charge of its motion and can create her very own laser light show once the lights go out. So that's exactly what she did...for quite a while...complete with sound effects.
We'll find out more about her lungs from her doctors this afternoon and will continue respiratory treatments in the meantime...here are some pictures of LC on the mend...Thanks again for all your continued support and prayers...

In the middle of the night, watching her light show...

More light show...

Just hanging out...

We found a use for those Hello Kitties!

Don't they look pretty?

On the mend...