7 West

What a night!

More things to give our great God great praise for....

We left Shae at about 8:30pm to head back and get some sleep (phones on should she wake and need us). We phoned the ICU at about midnight to find out how she was going and learned that she had been extubated at about 10pm and breathing strongly on her own.

The nurse said she was comfortable and not distressed so we caught another few hours of sleep.

I woke again at 4am and wanted to get back to Shae's side, so I started getting organised to go. Matt (my knight in shining armor!) didn't want me walking to the hospital on my own in the dark, so he got up too and we were back at Shae's side by 5am.

By 11:30am she was being transferred out of ICU and back up to the cardiac ward, 7 West. She is in the original room she was transferred to when she was born and has a berth by the window.

Back in her very first bedroom!

And once again in record time.

She is now down to 3 drug infusions, 3 chest drains, pace wires and a couple of IV lines. She is still drifting in and out of sleep. Her biggest discomfort is her thirst. She can only have about 15ml of fluid per hour at this stage and that is tough to explain to a thirsty little girl.

I have managed to get a room at Ronald McDonald House for the remainder of my stay (and there is also a foldout bed by Shae), which is fantastic! We will move all our bags from current accommodation just as soon as the rain and thunderstorms outside subside!