I am feeling better...

Today was as if Sophia flipped a switch. She today really started to look and act more like herself again. Understandably she has been really swollen and sluggish since surgery. The last two days she even at times got really upset at the nurses from time to time when they moved her. Today the swelling really started to subside and she also started tolerating her assessment periods with out extra medication. Due to her being more tolerant the nurses gave her a bath and really seemed to enjoy it. You can see her crazy curls that appear when she is all clean.
Sophia is once again on her way to being off the vent. Her Nitric is once again being weaned and should be off some time tomorrow. If she tolerates that, there is a possibility that she could be off the vent before mid week. Today they also removed her repogal. For the first time since her birth her nose it officially tube free.
If you remember the last time we started talking about feeds, we discussed the need for her to poop. We are once again on poop watch. When she poops they will start feeds again ...this time through her G-tube. The doctors believe it could be a week before her bowls wake up and she poops due to all of the surgery. The good news is that her bowls are starting to make noise and that usually means that the duty is not far behind.