Day 3

Payton had a good night last night, she slept through the night. When Jennifer joined her (from the parents lounge) at 6:30am the nurse said that she had been up for about an hour, and had been a good girl. At one point she wanted to get the nurses attention to get something for her so she just yelled, “Hey!” She was awake all morning, and has eaten a whole piece of toast. She’s also been watching her new favorite show “Super Why.”

They will be taking out the arterial line in her groin soon, once that’s out she’ll be able to walk around (she wants to get up but can’t due to this line). They will also be taking out the central chest tube soon (the one draining from her heart). The tubes from the lungs have been draining into the same container, so they are going to separate those and monitor their output individually and see if the one from the left lung can come out soon too. The last item they are looking to remove today are the pace maker wires.

So, if all these things happen then they should be able to move up to recovery later tonight or tomorrow.

Payton slept most of the day yesterday; she was only awake for 2 or 3 minutes at a time. At one point she was talking in her sleep. She kept saying “big house,” “sno-bad,” (snowman) and “lights.” At least she was having good dreams about big houses decorated in Christmas light and snowman.

My Mom is planning on getting to the hospital between 3:30-4:00pm, so I will probably get another update them. F.Y.I. Donald is the one who posted the pictures, just is case you didn't figure it out. :)

Aunt Melissa