It's all good...

Gracie has taken many steps this week all in the right direction. On Thursday, Gracie's breathing tube was taken out and she did great. They kept repeating blood gases and even though she was not happy since they would not let her eat, her gases were still good. They had Gracie on 3 liters of oxygen. You could barley hear Gracie cry even with the breathing tube out, or if you could hear her, it was horse.

Friday, they decided to take out her chest tube and pedi catheter, so again more blood gases, with no food and all turned out great as well. They also started feeding Gracie by mouth Friday night. She was not sure at first, but ended up doing well. Oxygen level was 1 liter.

Saturday, Gracie continued to make progress. They took out her arterial line and decreased the oxygen to 1/2 liter. Since they took out the art line, we were able to hold, feed, and rock Gracie to sleep! That was a great feeling since it had been 2 weeks!!! They weighed Gracie last night and she weighed 6 pounds 1 ounce!!!!!!! I thought it would take us a while longer to get to the 6 pound mark, but Gracie took a growth spurt while we have been here.

Today, we have been moved back down to the 15th floor and will be here until we get out of the hospital. They are only monitoring her oxygen level and hoping to decrease that over the next couple of days. If all goes well, and Gracie does well feeding and gaining weight, we will be released from the hospital and then in Houston until the follow up check up with either the cardiologist or surgeon about a week later.

All the prayers, cards, and calls, have been such a blessing to Todd and I and have given us so much support! It is so hard in words to tell you how thankful we are to have so many people that care about us. Hopefully we will see you all very very soon!