Extubated!!!

Yay! Elizabeth went to the Operating room this morning at about 11:00AM and was successfully extubated (tube removed). She is doing well and even talking a little. She ate a jello cup and drank some Sprite. She has ordered mashed potatoes for dinner. She is resting right now and trying to get rid of a headache. Her throat is much better, but the headache is a pain. She has been suffering with migraines since she was 7 years old. We hope to meet with the docs from the head pain clinic sometime this week. If Elizabeth does well through the night (meaning no swelling or need for re-intubation) then she will move down to the 5th floor airway unit. She will stay there for 1 week just hanging out and recuperating. Then next Monday the 28th she will go back to the O.R. for another scope. If everything is still looking good she will get to move to the Ronald McDonald House for awhile. We will just take it day by day and pray for the best.

I belong to a group called the Triplet Connection. I chat with other triplet moms several times a week. There are about 12 of us that are considered veteran triplet moms and we check in with each other ever Monday with our Monday updates. I got to meet one of my online friends in person last August. She lives in Indiana, close to the Ohio border, so she drove over to the hospital when Elizabeth was here having one of her surgeries. Well, she has been to visit us this time twice so far. She was here today and stayed with Elizabeth for a few hours while I went back to the Ronald McDonald House for a shower and rest.



My triplet mom friend, Becky and Elizabeth

Me and Elizabeth

Beautiful smile!!!