Thank you for your prayers for Kate
Kate is doing so much better. It’s simply amazing and your prayers are such a significant reason:
Kate had a very good day today! What a turn-around in the past 24 hours! She has been smiling, playing, and even laughing out loud. I know that last night, there were many churches praying for her during their Wed. prayer services. I do not think it is coincidence that today she has taken a dramatic turn for the better…
They will do an x-ray tomorrow AM to see how her chest looks. If it’s clear of fluid, they will not put a new chest tube in. I really think they will not need to. Her other tube has put out 40cc’s today with only 4 more hours of collection to go! So….if she doesn’t go over 45cc’s (it doesn’t look like she will), she should be able to get the tube out tomorrow!!! Yes, tomorrow…not seven weeks!!…
One of our PICU nurses came over this afternoon to see her and couldn’t believe the change. I said something about her putting out 100cc’s an hour last week and she said, “You mean 100cc’s PER chest tube–as in 300cc’s per hour. I couldn’t keep up. She was leaking it out faster than I could put it in.” I then remembered that the doctor had told the nurses to just ‘chase her the best you can.’ They couldn’t get it in as fast as she was getting rid of it.
That was when they told us we would be here for 7-10 weeks. And then you prayed. And prayed. And God performed a miracle. Her fluid output dropped dramatically in one day. It has gone down steadily ever since.
Please head over to Karin’s blog to see how well Kate is doing. She looks so lively and happy. What an amazing turnaround.
I am so glad I stopped by today. I am happy to hear that she is doing better! I am sure the road ahead will be challenging but the love in your family will prevail.
Comment by Terra — April 24, 2009 @ 8:25 am
I am so glad to hear Kate is doing better! I read the post about her the other day when I found your blog and have been keeping her in my prayers. I know how hard it is on a family to have a child in the hospital. My son was born with CP and has endured many surgeries through the last 13 years. The back surgury 2 years ago was the worst, he was in ICU for 2 weeks on a vent and with tubes draining fluid from around his lungs. It always seems like they take one step forward and 2 steps back . I bet in a year from now, they won’t be able to keep up with little Kate
Comment by Brenda — April 24, 2009 @ 12:19 pm
God is so good! I’m so glad to hear little Kate is doing so well. Still praying.
Hugs!
Comment by Kim H. — April 30, 2009 @ 6:13 am