I would never have guessed

That we would still be here 4 days after deciding to visit the ER. I am in no way complaining or wishing anything other wise but looking back to Wednesday I would never have guessed we would still be here... Really, I thought we would take her in, they would check her out and we might stay the night for observation but never did I imagine we would spend the next 4 days here.. I am so thankful we decided to make the trip here opposed to going back to BACH (Blanchfield Army Community Hospital)... or worse, if we hadn't taken her in at all... To give you some perspective, they have suctioned 130 ML of mucus out of her head... Without suction, mechanically done with a suctioning device (not with a bulb suction)there would be no way to get all of that gunk out of her head. poor baby ...

She is resting peacefully now and is really eating well, approximately 60 ml every 2.5- 3 hours. She is back down to 28% o2 and has been there all day though we thought they moved her back to 30%, they did not. I hope that tonight she manages better than last night but I believe when she sleeps deeply her O2 stats drop slightly.

As of now, there is no talk of going home.. The Dr told me this afternoon that she hasn't changed and that she will need to go 12-24 hours on room air before she can be released. I am ok with that.. I would be terrified if she were discharged now and if I thought I was getting little sleep now, I would get no sleep worrying about her all night long. The Dr did say that girls tend to heal faster than boys but he had no clue why.. :) I thought that was interesting and something I hope holds true!

The Atlanta Ruppel's went home today and I am quite certain Annabelle is missing her cuz Caroline. They are already fast friends and enemies.. (oh, what I have to look forward to!) They played all week and fought just as much.. We are very thankful this happened when it did. No, not to miss being a family for Christmas but for the fact that we haven't had to worry about Annabelle at all. She has been so busy with her extended family I don't think she missed us at all.. She is aware that we are going to visit baby sister because today when I was out taking over for John, when he arrived home mom took her out to meet him at the car. She told Grammy "mommy's going to see baby sister and daddy is coming home". She also knows that our arm bands are what lets us see baby sister..

I just fed the little one and am going to log off and rest for my long night..

Thank you and please continue to keep her in your prayers...

Carolyn