Today we were finally able to go back to the hospital after not being able to go for a few days due to sickness in the house. And today was better. Not awesome, but better. I'll take better (I would take "same" also, but better is, well... better!).
The nurse was telling us that there has not been very much drainage coming from the drain in Serenity's abdomen. And what very little has been coming out, is clearish-yellow, which is good because that means there is no stool in it. They plan to begin trying to work on pulling the drain out starting on Friday. They will pull it out one centimeter a day, and it will take about four or five days. And once the drain is out, they plan to do a dye test to see if the hole in her intestine has healed.
As for Serenity's heart, the nurse said they weren't picking up a murmur today, so that is a really good sign! And (I hadn't realized this before) but apparently the murmur/hole is/was causing there to be fluid on her lungs. The nurse said there was still fluid, but there didn't appear to be as much today. The doctor didn't say that the hole was for sure healing, but it is looking good so far. They will be doing another heart echo either Friday or Saturday to see how the medicine is working.
And on an even happier note, the first medicine they are giving her for her heart doesn't appear to be effecting her kidneys or her brain bleed (so far). So that's awesome!
Thank you all for your love and prayers for our Serenity Hope. And we will hope and pray for even better news as the days go by!
yay!!!!!! Faith was asking about "lil Serenity" and I told her what you posted and she jumped and down and shouted, "our prayers worked! our prayers worked!" I told her, "God is good!" and she grinned sooo big!! <3 to ya
ReplyDeleteyay such good news I will continue to pray because I know there are always bad days but our God brings us through them!
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