On the Mend

Sloan has made some great progress the last few days.  Here is a quick recap since our last post:

Thursday evening - We had a bit of a rough night, up every three hours for meds which was not a fun, nor easy, process.  Sloan was still showing fear when any nurse comes into the room.  She keeps thinking they are going to hurt her.  So when they come in for medication, it's a fight.

Starting off Friday feeling better

Friday - We had a slow start to the day with lots of cuddle time in the rocking char.  Mimi, Poppi and Drake came up for a visit mid morning.  Sloan was very excited to see them all.  Drake was so good with Sloan, he was trying to make her laugh by making funny faces.  He knew she wasn't feeling good and I think was trying to cheer her up in his own way.  After they left Sloan took a good nap then when she got up was ready to go.  She walked some more, even walked all the way to the play room, began to take her medications without a huge fight, and asked for dinner.  We were quite impressed!  She ended up eating some chicken noodle soup, got a bit of a sick tummy so some of it came back out, but after that she was ready to eat some more.

Friday night Sloan had a great nights sleep, which means mom and dad did too!  Our nurse overnight must have had the touch because Sloan barely made a peep when she would come in and out.  She just fussed a little bit when it was medication time.

Reading books - one of her favorite things to do.  We even found
one of the books we donated in honor of her 2nd birthday in the play room

Saturday - We all slept in a little bit longer (around 8am) which was a nice feeling!  When Sloan got up she was ready to get up and play again.  We had her up and out of bed in the play room which she walked to on her own again.  We also had more visitors (Aunt Lori, Anna, Alex, and our friend John).  Sloan enjoyed the attention. :)  Sloan continued to eat, without getting sick this time, and seems to be more like herself as each day goes on.

Blowing, and catching, bubbles.
Blowing bubbles helps to open up her lungs

Goals for Sunday are - to get her middle chest tube out, get a bowel movement, and continue getting food & fluids down.  I think we are well on our way to hit these goals.  Everyone keeps telling us how she's the champ of moving post surgery.  I don't doubt it with this girl - her determination is something to be proud of.