Happy new year!! Being home has been great, but it has also been hard for Ruby. Ruby has major separation anxiety and stranger anxiety. I totally get that and don’t blame her one bit. After all she’s been through, the poor girl. She is typically up all night unless I am holding her, and she…
Memorable Moments: December 2013
I got a video, but in case I don’t ever post it, I loved how Bailey said “Piligrim” rather than pilgrim. So cute! The kids were talking about how Dillon could get to space. They all kept talking about the “Atsmophere” :) Even Carson and Devon. Bailey walked up to Dillon with a coin and…
December 24
The kids came home last night! She won’t stop giggling at her siblings. :) They’ve been gone since we’ve been home with my mom and she was SO happy to see them last night. Me, too. Last week I had peace, but also a fear that we wouldn’t be taking her home. So many…
December 23
Because of her sweating more so, and because her echo showed that her heart wasn’t functioning properly, they did want me to come back into the clinic this day. They wanted to be sure that it wasn’t heart failure. I had called and mentioned the excessive sweating and fussiness. Of course the fussiness seemed very…
December 22
I’m not sure if she was in a lot of pain this day or what, but she was very very sad this day. The kids were all still gone (thank you Momma!) and so we were able to focus on her a lot. Here’s what I texted to my mom: “Ruby is sad sad sad…
December 21
Phone update from 9:30 in the morning: Had a good night. Little sad from pain. X-ray looked good but diastolic pressure still high. Normal is 40-60 and it’s been in the 80’s. Systolic looks good though. They are giving her double the dose of medicine to bring it down. But they have to make sure…
December 20
In the Cardiac Surgical Unit, things are a lot slower paced and laid back. It was difficult at times to feel like she was receiving the best care because the nurses didn’t seem to be as specialized as the ones down in the CICU—I often felt like I knew more than they did, which is…
December 19
(from 12:15 am before I left to go try and sleep) Ruby did much better sleeping Wednesday night. They seemed to finally be in control of her pain and itching. Such a huge difference! Dillon went home to sleep that night and did some work at home. When I left Wednesday night to go to…
December 18 {day after surgery}
The second day was probably just as hard as the first, if not harder. When I got back to the room after trying to sleep for a couple hours, Dillon was by her side as I said and reported that she had an awful night. She was still in some pain and very irritated and…
December 17 {Surgery Day}
I set my alarm to feed Ruby once more at 4:30 am. It was hard to not be sad. I prayed really hard that this wouldn’t be my last time nursing her. Do you see a recurring thought here? :) “This could be the last time this happens…” You can bet my prayers were very…
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