Happy Mother's Day

This is the second year in a row that we have spent Mother's Day in the hospital. I am glad that I got to spend some time with both of my girls today; they are both so special.

Lynnea had an OK day. No wagon rides today because the nurses were all too busy. She spent some time on her play mat, and some time watching movies in her crib. She is now completely off from one of her narcotics (Dilaudid), which only leaves two more to get rid of. She is almost off from her oxygen support (she's on 1/2 liter), so hopefully she'll be completely off before we go home. We also decided to try to re-start her G-tube feedings today, instead of only using her J-tube. She's currently getting continuous feedings through both tubes, mostly through the J, but a little through the G, and so far she's tolerating it. It would be great if we could get her back to bolus G-tube feedings eventually, but this will take some time (if she seems to be tolerating things OK, this is probably something we could continue working towards at home). The bad news for the day is that Lynnea looks like she might be getting sick, probably catching a cold. This doesn't surprise me at all considering that she is teething, and I think she has gotten sick nearly every time that she has been teething in the past. I'm hoping that her cold-like symptoms (sneezing, extra tired, a little extra work breathing) won't keep us here for many extra days, but we'll see.