Tongue Reduction Day 3

Happy Father's Day to the best Daddy in the world!

Just one more day... We kept saying this all day. It was the only thing we could hold on to knowing that in just one more day HMae would be extubated and we would be one step closer to getting our baby back. This was probably the hardest day in PICU. They had to back off her sedation medication so that she would be awake enough to breath on her own. This meant that The Hubs and I spent almost three hours pinning her down to the bed so that she couldn't extubate herself! It was then that I finally lost it and so did he. Our night nurse wasn't our favorite. So I tracked down the on-call Doc and had him come take a look. He decided that we needed to up her sedation meds so that she could be comfortable until extubation. We were so relieved! A few minutes later she fell asleep. She was breathing mostly on her own anyway so he did not think it would be a problem. It was then 11:30pm and we hadn't eaten anything for half the day so we decided to go downstairs for a milkshake date. It totally makes sense but they don't let you have any food in PICU. I had never thought about it before we were there. Imagine being without food for days and in walks "Uncle Joe" with a bag full of McDonalds french fries! Not cool. It was sort of a blessing in disguise because although we didn't get in three square meals a day when we did get to step out for a few, it was a good refresher. It was a good time to collect ourselves and reflect on the past few hours. We nestled into our sardine can but a few hours later I awoke to Julius. He was her respiratory therapist. Julius is a saint!  Julius noticed that Haddie was stirring a little when he walked by so he went in to calm her. He also knew that we were sleeping and didn't want us to have to wake up. So there he was soothing my baby to sleep and when I arose he told me to go back to bed. I would need my rest for tomorrow. He has a way with babies. The calming softness of his voice and his sweet words of encouragement were music to all of our ears. I hope God blesses that man in every way possible.