Day 22

Not to many changes have occurred since the last entry. Although I will finish the update from yesterday. Gabi's kidneys are functioning, they are still just very very weak. Her diaphram is lower than should be, but it will heal on its own. She is malnutritioned so they have increased how much she get on an hourly rate, not quite an ounce every hour. She has some regurgitation in her left valve...the blood flow is going out to the body the way it should, but not all of it is going out. There is very typical in AV canal repairs, with time it will heal itself as well. Dr. Banwartz said last night, he is on all week, do not expect her to come off the ventilator this week. She needs to rest and heal without having to do so much work.
She gas an air leak in her ventilator tube, she sounds like a little gremlin, it's cute! Nothing to worry about though, these things happen and it's ok!
Today she is getting less adoban and methodone (I probably totally messed up the spelling on those). Anyways these meds. help with the withdraw symptoms and ease some pain. So the Nurse Ed said expect her to be more awake.