Update

The doctor came by and gave us our plan of attack. They came in this morning and took an X-ray and all of the fluid from her right lung is gone. The left side is about the same. However, they took the X-ray after she had only had one dose of medicine.

Tomorrow at 5:00 in the morning they will take another X-ray. If there is no improvement on the left side, they will have to use another chest tube. If she has made progress, they will continue with the medicine. Obviously we're hoping for meds.

Addi looks great and is breathing better. She's been sitting up on the couch playing and we've made her walk a little. One of the nurses is going to come by later this afternoon to remove her stitches.

We also had a representative from the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center come by and talked to us about the idea of having a blood drive in honor of Addi. I love that idea and hope we can get something set up!

Thanks for all of the texts and emails! Here's a quick picture of her napping on my lap! She's too sweet!!

Finally

Addi is doing good. She had a suppository and her first round of meds in her IV. She has already had two full wet diapers and she has pooped...I've never been that excited about the smell of poop!!

She is much happier and talking more now that her belly isn't as tight. It looks like we might be here for a few days to make sure all of the fluid goes away and STAYS away.

She's enjoying some reading and looking at pictures on Darrell's phone.

Doctor Appointment

Well today Addi had her checkup with X-ray to make sure everything looked good. Her X-ray showed some fluid around her left lung. They said that fluid can happen after a surgical procedure. She had some fluid before we left.

They admitted her so we can get rid of the fluid. That has to be done through iv. She is also extremely constipated so they are going to do some things to help with that too.

Looking forward to progress and Addi feeling better! Thanks for the continued thoughts and prayers!!

Sunday

Well Addi has done better today. She actually walked a couple of times today without crying. She even crawled up behind me...which she isn't supposed to do. She still is a little fussy which can make for long days. I'm pretty sure this is because she isn't quite herself yet. I can only imagine how she feels, she's been through a lot.

Tomorrow she has an appointment with Dr. Anderson our pediatrician. I guess he just wants to see her to make sure everything looks good. Tuesday she has an appointment with the surgeon to get a chest X-ray to make sure everything still looks as it should and to get her stitches out.

I'm going back to work tomorrow and am glad to get back into our normal routine. My mom will be keeping Addi for the next five weeks until she is completely healed and can go back to Ashley's.

Here she is tonight eating some fish sticks and enjoying Olivia on tv (one of my favorites!). She was in bed tonight at 6:30...such a tired little girl.

Saturday

Soooo...today has gone better. She's walked a little more even though she still hates it.

Today is the last day she is on the antibiotic. I'm excited to see if this changes her attitude. She doesn't like it and I'm wondering if that has effected her eating a little.

Darrell and I took her for a walk and she loved it. It was beautiful outside today.

Progress

Today was a long, but productive day. Addi is at that age where she knows what she wants but can't communicate it. I spend about 30 minutes trying to figure out what she wants only to be unsuccessful. That's the part that made the day long.

On the other hand, she is definitely moving around more. She can sit up on her own to play. Today when we got her up to walk, she stood up from Darrell's knees on her own. She still can't get up from sitting on her own though. And...she still doesn't enjoy it. But, practice makes perfect.

My mom took her for a walk outside today and she LOVED it! Who doesn't like the fresh air.

She's still quite the princess and I think she's learned that if she cries, she gets what she wants! Oh well, she deserves it, she's been through so much!!

And...if we have to watch ONE more episode of the Mickey Mouse Club, we're going to go crazy. The things we do for our precious kids...shoot me(haha)! Here's a picture of her watching it for at least the 94th time. Isn't she cute!!

Time at Home

Today was our first day home and it was SO nice to be back! Since Addison had an incision down her chest we cannot pick her up under the arms (the normal way you lift a child) for six weeks. She cannot pull herself up onto anything either. Because of this, we had her sleep with us last night... Not fun. I was worried that she would try to pull herself up in her crib. Tonight we put her in her bed because she still isn't walking so i'm pretty sure we don't have to worry about her pulling herself up.

Today we worked with Addi on walking. She HATES it! She did really good today, but she cried the whole time. She's still a little wobbly and definitely needs support from one of us. She would walk to me, with Darrell's help, and when she made it she would lay her head on my shoulder....it was so tough for her. Anyways, we're very proud if her progress even though it is slow.