Post Fontan - Days 2 & 3

Editor's Note: this was written Thursday night and it did not publish. 

We are already 3 days post Fontan and it seems like we are much further down the road. We have been so busy recovering that we haven't had much time to update. But no news is good news. 

Yesterday Audra got her orders to move to the general floor. But like our previous stays here, there is no room for us up on the general care cardiac floor, so we stay in intensive care. The boy in the room next door had orders to go to the general care floor since Monday and just left today, so we are anticipating staying here in the PCTU for a couple more days. 

Audra is doing much better now that all of the heavy sedation and pain killers are out of her system. She is back to her smiling and waving self most if the time. She is still a professional sleep fighter and tries to roll onto her belly, which she cannot do because of her chest tubes. 

Speaking of chest tubes, they have thrown around taking one out but have held off because Audra had not drank much (yesterday). But she has picked up in drinking and eating too and she is more active. Often times this causes an increase in the drainage from chest tubes but so far for Audra, this is not the case. We suspect that she will get a tube or two out tomorrow. It is likely they will keep in one or two for at least a bit longer. But it is looking like we are not going to have a long stay because of chest drainage. Of course, this comes with the disclaimer that things can and sometimes do change in just a moment. But for now we are cautiously optimistic and liking it.  

We have enjoyed visits from friends and family. We think that our older daughter may not want us to come home as she is having fun with grandma and grandpa and gets to go out on adventures with our nanny when she is not visiting us. When she is visiting us, she is having a ball in the Game Day Experience, which is a maize and blue playground here.

Also, thank you to so many who have prayed for us and gotten others to do so as well. We are very thankful and feel very blessed. 

On a lighter note, my husband met Brady Hoke yesterday and today was offered tickets to a UofM hockey game. He is often a lucky guy. 

We will keep you posted. All the best!