Graduated from ICU

Genevieve was moved to a private room tonight (Friday); I think we thought the nurses were joking, but nope...Genevieve has her own room with less beeps and foot steps. I think we might have been moved by default...all day long she teetered on meeting criteria due to bowel obstruction...typical abdominal surgery issues and very unpleasant for baby who is hungry but so uncomfortable she doesn't want to eat.

Aunt Meredith made the time more enjoyable by putting on a puppet show with "Bunny Blanket" and "George". --->

<--- POST OP TAILGATE party compliments of the Kilgore Family and a collaboration with Tara. Tammy and George are both fabulous cooks; we made lots of friends on the 6th floor. Whenever I am lucky enough to share a meal that Tammy has prepared, I think of her grandmother.

Rod was Genevieve's nurse overnight. He had her sitting up, something she has not done in 4 days. --->

Buddy watching Buddy

Nurse Rod decided that Genevieve needed two mobiles. --->

Saturday Morning: Genevieve's newest goal is twofold. Her chest tubes remain and will remain Saturday, these are the tubes that drain the fluid collecting under her suture. There is another collection point in there, I am not well versed on the point of origin. There is a great deal of fluid still draining, volumes less than 3 days ago, but too much to remove the chest tubes. Her other goal is to eat and keep it down. The medical team is coming up with an eating/feeding plan for her today. Genevieve has good spells and miserable spells, most of the misery comes overnight when Hillary is there alone. I have to remind myself that we really can't expect giant leaps of progress, that it is a slow process. This is day 5, perhaps we have hit the midway point.