Happy Halloween

Even if just for a for a moment

To see your eyes, is water for my thirst!

The sleep continues but along with a mermaid sighting on the 8th floor, there was also a sighting of two big brown eyes! She opened her eyes for a few seconds, made eye contact with me and reached out her arms to me! Poor me a river, I flooded with tears of Joy!!!!

As soon as I had her in a pretend hold due to too many lines still, she was fast asleep again. She peeked her eyes open a few more times for a few more seconds, a total of 4 times throughout the day/night.

Her nurse encouraged me to get a picture of her in her costume and was so incredibly sweet to help me get it on her. And the whole unit went nuts!!!

She is a pretty cute little mermaid! 

Answered prayers all day!

I have been filled with peace and comfort. 

My Rock held me tall and strong all day!

And Ivy shows no signs of having any permanent neurological damage according to the evaluation.

They saw no need to order any scans.

They have diagnosed this as much like overdose. She is detoxing. Nothing done wrong, just the residual drugs sitting in her little body for so long have left her lifeless. 

She had two big surgeries in 3 days. One of those surgeries took 15 hours so really she was less than 48 hours post op at the time of surgery two.

She was sedated and kept sedated for the long Heart Cath just 2 days prior to that!

And she has had methadone, adivan and ketemine pumped in to her blood over and over and over for  so many days. And we knew all of this, but Ivy's case is not by the book by any means, the kids always wake up and she just has not. She had more than mommy wigging out :)

P.S, to the friend who commented about the adivan. She was taken off all meds a few days prior. But is indeed the 3 medications.  Overdose symptoms may include extreme drowsiness, confusion, muscle weakness, fainting, or coma.

So to help her along.

She needs to pee! And that she did today!

She needs to have a bowel movement, praise God, she did that today!

She needs to repeat that. A lot. And it needs to work its way out of her. 

Is this normal?

No. The doctors said they see it, but certainly not in baby off drugs and for this long. And by tonight, with her still asleep, no, not normal.

And certainly not normal to not respond to the counteractive medicines.

And that is why the doctors were very concerned this morning. 

And tonight, everyone is still being very very mindful of everything going on with Ivy. There is always a full room. She has 2 nurses most of the time. A doctor seems to always be in here. Respiratory therapy. Her surgeon pops in twice a day. Her cardiologist, several times. 

It's busy. And I feel so grateful.

Her ECHO revealed her mitral valve still looks good. Left ventricular function, good!

Her Lung is still collapsed.

But we will get there!!! It will fill back up. When she wakes up and starts breathing on her own, it should start to fill. 

Back at home, Daddy and kids are doing great!!!

And I end this post with the most precious thing ever. The pumpkin my friend Chris carved with Ivy as the inspiration!