The miracle in room 5-123

Yesterday morning started out with big outstretched arms and mama mama under her cpap mask. I filled you all in up to the point of baby girl getting her washcloth and her 5 ice chips and me crawling in bed with her. When she fell in to her deep sleep I got out of the bed and let you all know the praise report, the excitement of being free of one more accessory and where my heart was at that moment. This post is going to take you from that point until where we are this morning.
Yesterday morning~
Ivy had been sleeping for a full hour. She was peaceful and not stirring around a bit. Then the beeping began. It was not from her meds, it was the monitor. I went over to take a look and her oxygen saturation had dropped to 94. Jaime was down the hall. I stood and watched it, expecting it to pop back up... 93,92,91,90. The beeps continued. Jaime came in, 89,88,87,86.. She called her respiratory therapist in. She sounded very junky in the lungs so they decided to try her breathing treatment and suctioning. When they suction her they put a tube down her nostril and use a sucking machine like when you are getting your teeth cleaned at the dentist (sounds the same too). They also put one down her throat. They did not get much out by suctioning and her numbers continued to drop 85,84,83,82,81,80
My heart sunk! Not because I thought something terrible was going to happen, remember, I've seen Ivy's Oxygen saturation at 20! But this time it's different, not only is she operating with a new heart, I was told that if her numbers could not stay at 95 or above she would have to be put back on the ventilator. That is 5 steps backwards and means misery for my precious girl. The thought of that was suffocating me to the point that I felt faint. The room was empty, the scurry in the hall was obvious, the doctors were called. I lowered Ivy's bed and hopped in to it. I pulled her up on to my arm as best I could and I placed my hand on her head and my face on her heart and I began to pray. I begged! I did not waste time, there was no time. Shine Jesus, I said! Shine like only you can, change those numbers like only you can, we've already seen that no amount of oxygen or suction from these current machines can do it, SHINE! I looked at the monitor as I continued this blunt, basic, non wordy prayer. You see God doesn't care what fancy or non fancy words we use when we pray, He just wants us to talk to Him, to spend time with Him, to know Him. 71,75,80,81,82 I continue to pray....85,89,90,91,92,93 Nurse Jaime walks in. She looks dumbfounded?? She looks at me, she looks at the monitor, she looks at Ivy.... I ask her where it needs to be for there to be no need for change. She says we like it at 95 or higher but that it isn't going to stay high because she dropped way too low. I think otherwise. I go back to baby girl and continue to pray. The doctors have arrived now, it's been all of 3 or 4 minutes and her oxygen saturation is now 98!!! Yes that's God my friends, That is God!!!!! 70-98 in 3 or 4 minutes!!!!
Since everyone was already there, they decide to do rounds and discuss the next step for Ivy. Everybody completely expecting the beeping to return any second. It did not return! In fact she stayed on the cannula with her numbers between 98 and 100! By this morning her oxygen was decreased from 12 to 8! They had said they would not begin weaning her down until today but since she was doing so well they started overnight and she did fantastic. She sits at 100% oxygen saturation right now!! She is getting fed through the tube right now and she was offered milk from a straw and guzzled it right down! She is with her daddy right now, he even got to kinda sorta hold her... the best her could with lots of wires and cords still on her. She is eating ice chips and drinking milk and tonight she might get some oatmeal and chocolate pudding!!!!!! 

Her upper left lung still has issues with some collapse, her right lung still has some fluid in it. Her diaphragm has a small perforation, common nick that accidentally happens during a complicated procedure. They are confident it will heal on its own. WE ARE SO VERY thankful for the miracles of today and the gift of Ivy's life. We are in awe of how God continues to shine shine shine and we are so excited by all of the sweet comments and lovely emails! We are hearing stories of people trusting Christ after reading Ivy's story or being matched with a heart baby or how your children are involved in daily prayer for Ivy, how some of you had drifted away from your faith in the Lord and now your eyes are wide open and you are back in his loving arms, how some of your husbands are now on board to adoption and how all of you have come to love this tiny miracle girl named Ivy Joy!!! God is faithful and hears every prayer. He loves you, he loves me and he loves Ivy Joy. We are all so blessed!!!