Almost There!!!

Sorry that I did not get to submit a blog last night or this morning. After the ordeal with the bowel movement last night, everybody was kind of worn out. Courtney did eat well though. She had a baked sweet potato, Chef Boyardee ABC & 123's, jello, a drink, and some pudding. After we all ate, Jennifer watched a movie on my laptop and I watched the end of the football game and then we all went to sleep. Courtney was asleep by 9:30 and slept really well through the night. However, that meant she was up and ready to go this morning about 7 am.

They started weaning her off of the oxygen last night and actually took her off of it completely around 2 AM. Her O2 SATs dropped to around 80 for 10 or 15 minutes without coming back up, so they moved the oxygen back up to .25 %. They tried taking her off of the oxygen again this afternoon and she was doing great as long as she was up and active. She laid down to take a nap and Jenn said as soon as her heart rate dropped (when she was in a deep sleep), her SATs dropped down to 91 -92. We usually give her some oxygen assistance if she goes below 93 for a period of time. I haven't talked to her since 2 PM, so I will update once I get to the hospital and get the latest.

Kelsey got to sleep in today and felt much better. The white spots on the bump are gone and she says that her throat isn't sore. She is still bummed that she can't come to the hospital and Courtney keeps asking for her also. I think either Jenn or I will go home and stay with Kelsey tonight.

It appears that we need to be able to avoid using the oxygen for 24 hours or at least during the night while she is sleeping. So that is what we need the prayer support for now. We would like to go home tomorrow, but it could be Thursday now depending on how she does tonight.

I hope this blog has been helpful to each of you who are reading it. I know it makes it easier on us being able to get our message out completely and make sure we are telling everyone the same thing.

Thank you for your prayer support, your kind & encouraging words, and for helping us to realize how many people there are that love us and care about us.

Randy