Little froggy cry

We have had a pretty good day today.  Hannah had her breathing tube removed late in the morning and has been on a roll since then.  She is receiving less pain medicine than before, so she is a little crabby.  I think her throat is probably a little sore, she's probably hurting from her chest, her right foot hurts from that IV, she's tired of lying in bed, she doesn't like having 5 liters of oxygen forced up her nose and I think she's overly tired.  Still, it's so great to see her little face without her breathing tube.

Really, this whole part will be over soon.

She has been fussy this afternoon, she has a little hoarse, froggy throated cry.  It was really weak at first, we could barely hear her at all, it's getting a little stronger this evening.  She is currently lying in her crib, loosely swaddled staring up at the mobile above her head.  She received some pin meds a little while ago so I'm wondering if the lights are kind of "trippy."  Every so often she lets out a little froggy cry, like, "oh, I'm over this and I'm not so happy."  Then she's quiet.

We aren't able to hold her yet, we're still waiting for the RA lines and chest tubes to come out.  The nurse let me cuddle her in her crib today, I couldn't really pick her up, but I was able to put an arm under her head and snuggle up close to her.  She has been intubated for five days, but her tiny little baby breath was the best smelling thing in the world!

Over the next few days she will hopefully start eating again, first from a bottle then hopefully back to breastfeeding.  We're hoping her kidneys start taking over their usual function soon, she has been leaking a lot of fluids from JP drain in her abdomen, she needs to be peeing them out instead.

Her surgeon came in after her tube was out just to see how she looked.  He was quite pleased to see her little face, as were we.  He is going out of town for Thanksgiving.  I hope we are gone by the time he gets back, but we'll just have to see.

Much love to all.