Waiting Again

Audra is doing well and got her floor orders yesterday - meaning we are set to go to general care. But again, there are no beds so we are waiting. She is still getting some oxygen over a tube but has been doing well with the very slow ween.

She got her central line out yesterday so this means we can pick her up when we want without a huge effort. It makes things much easier.

We are also working on feeds. She has been having some spit ups but nothing too concerning. Just enough to get all over her swaddle blanket each time and get out some of her meds. We are going to start again today with the bottle. Hopefully Baby Audra will take back to her bottle quickly and even better than before. She has been staying strong with her paci so this should help with the sucking. We shall see.

When we finally get to the floor they start mentioning that exciting word - discharge. We are hoping to get out of here before the 4th of July because we have coordinating 4th of July outfits for the girls. We bought them weeks ago and never thought we would be at the hospital now. Just goes to show that you never know. We don't want to get ahead of ourselves but at least we are on track!

Finally, today is the last day of the year for the fellows here. Some will still continue, some change assignments and some are done and moving on. One fellow of Audra's surgical team, Steve, had his last day last Friday. He worked on both of her surgeries so far and did a great job closing her chest. He is off to Australia for two years. Our favorite fellow, Jay, will still be in the clinic and one of the fellows who has been following her for much of Audra's stay, Libby, has one more year. It is odd to think that for Audra's Fontan surgery (when she is 18-24 months old) all the fellows will probably have moved on. It was nice getting to know them pretty well with our two stays so close together.