First Day Post Surgery

More answered prayers. We had a good night last night and so far today has been pretty peaceful. Ella slept well last night and I slept pretty well too on my super comfy chair/bed. :) She woke up a couple of times but was not too fussy. Today she has slept most of the day but had one good awake time where she actually sat up in my lap. She wasn't real happy but wasn't screaming either so that was good. She is not wanting to do much other than sleep at this point but has had several small awake times. No smiles yet so she's not her normal smiley self yet but that will come. She is off of the morphine and is on some oral pain medication and so far seems to be doing fine. We started feedings and as of now she has had one feeding of pedialyte and one of formula through her G-button. We'll be working the rest of the day and night to bump up the volume of her feedings to try to get back to our home routine. Please be praying that she continues to tolerate her feedings and will do well eating my mouth. At this point we haven't tried anything by mouth so pray that once we start she will eat well.

Other than that things are going fairly well. This afternoon Ella has been more awake and has been moving more so we'll see how the rest of the day goes. Maybe we'll get a little crazy and take Ella for a wagon ride down the hall. I know...watch out. Keep praying for a smooth recovery. We might be going home tomorrow, we'll just have to see how things go tonight and tomorrow. Thank you for your continued prayers and support, keep it up!