Too Cute

Addi has been so happy today! Her personality is definitely back to normal. Each night she gets weighed and today she stood on the scale by herself. She also rode around in a fire truck by herself tonight. Here are a few pictures of her. She makes us so happy!!

Thursday Update

This morning Addi's X-ray looked better!! The plan now is to make sure it stays that way. Today they kept her on the same medicine regimen as yesterday. Tomorrow if her X-ray looks good, they will slowly ween her off of IV meds and replace them with oral...really slowly. The doctor said if everything stays good we could go home Monday or Tuesday.

Addi's been busy and in great spirits! Again, thanks so much for your continued thoughts and prayers. We love all of the visitors and reading the the emails and texts that have been sent. We are truly blessed to have such amazing people in our lives!!

*On a side note, if you subscribed to our blog and you are getting emails, I realized that you are receiving them the day after I post them. I just wanted to let everyone know that they are a day late for some reason.

Here are a few pics of Addi!

Wednesday Update

This morning's X-ray looked the same as yesterday. The positive about that is that it wasn't worse. Dr. Denfield added another med for her to take by IV. We'll see if this helps. So basically they are still trying to figure out the correct combination of medicine to keep the fluid around her lungs from coming back.

Addi has been a busy little bee today. We've gone to the library on the 16th floor and checked out a couple of books. We've made some laps around the floor in the wagon. She has also walked a little and even almost stood up on her own from sitting on the floor (that's big progress).

The playroom opens in a little bit, so we'll make our way down there when she gets up from her nap.

Tuesday Update

Well, Addi had an X-ray this afternoon and the fluid has gotten a little worse. Dr. Denfield decided to give her the same medicine through IV and added an additional medicine. Hopefully tomorrow we'll see a change for the better. They are trying to determine the correct mixture and dosage so that we can go home. This is the day to day process they warned us about. Oh well, we just want what is best for Addi.

So I keep reminding myself to be patient. She's happy and that's what's important!

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Notice anything different...yes, Darrell us holding Addi chest to chest and she loved it. It doesn't hurt her anymore!

Patience is a Virtue

So this morning's X-ray showed a little more fluid around her lungs. We are NOT going home today. The plan is that the doctors have to figure out how much and what kind of medicine they need to give her to keep the fluid gone. Once they determine that we can go home. Each child is different and that's the tough part. They have to be extra careful too because of her heart condition.

With that said, we have to be patient. As much as we are all ready to go home, we have to make sure that Addi is taken care of. She is doing great otherwise. She has been playing, crawling, and walking a little. She is so happy and it's amazing! She's been through so much and still has a smile...unless you're wearing a white coat or blue scrubs!!

Keep the prayers coming!

Sunday

Today has been a good day. Dr. Dryer came by and told us that Addi's X-ray looks great! It even looks better than yesterday and that one looked really good too. He said that we may be able to go home tomorrow, but if not then for sure Tuesday. We have to wait for her to have all of the antibiotics she's supposed to have.

Both of her cousins have visited today and she's loved that. We really appreciate all of the visitors we've had. It makes our days go by quickly!!

It looks like we'll obviously be watching the Super Bowl in our room. Thanks again for all of your continued prayers!