Recovery

It has been a long past three days for Trinity. Friday night Shannon stayed overnight with Trinity so I could get some much needed sleep. On Friday Trinity struggled keeping anything down and as the day and night went on this continued. She became dehydrated which required them to do an IV so they could get some fluids in her. Putting an IV in Trinity does not go real well and with that being said it took a number of people to finally find a good vein to put one in (with the help of an ultrasound machine). So at 9:30 pm they told Shannon she was dehydrated and about 4hrs later they finally got fluids in her, I don't think I have to tell you how unhappy daddy was. Trinity has ran a temp since having surgery until late afternoon on Saturday. I think seeing her big sister Aubree really helped Trinity, because after giving Trinity a bath we started to see the old Trinity. She gave us little smiles and even babbled a little.


Last night I stayed with Trinity. She really had a pretty good night other then her oxygen level would go down into the low 80's when she was sleeping. They think it has to do with the morphine, but just to make sure they blew oxygen on her all night. She slept from 9:00-7:00 besides the few times the nurses had to do the vitals. The little boy next to her was also a good sleeper, he had more things done to him in the night then in the daytime, I don't know how he slept through all the noise the nurses were making. I don't know the boys situation, but I know that he has cancer, is 10months old, and has been here for the last 8 months. The nurses have pretty much raised him and we can see why. We have been his roommate for 2 days and the mom has been here for a total of 15 minutes. When I was calming Trinity down last night and watching her sleep, I just thought of the little boy next to us and how neglected he must feel. It just brought me to tears to think of the love and affection he is missing out on. You can see that the nurses are really good with him. They all take time holding him and he spends most of his time out at the nurses station in his wagon.

As I write this post, Trinity is playing with her balloon that Nana and Papa got her and babbling. It is so nice to see her getting back to her old self. The Neurosurgeons just made their rounds and so far everything looks really good. She is having a little drainage from her incision, but they are going to keep an eye on it. They are also going to lower her fluids through the IV and we might try some baby food tonight for supper. Things are slowly starting to look up for Miss Trinity Sue! Thanks again for your continued prayers. Hopefully our next post will be that Trinity is going home!