The Morning After

And she's still doing well!  She's still puffy but the swelling seems to have gone down a bit in her legs and feet.  They've started her on a diarrhetic called lasix and are giving her some protein to help the swelling go down more.  FYI protein will help draw fluid out of the muscle and such and into the blood stream so she can then pee it out.  I feel so smart now that I'm learning all this stuff.
Livie Babe should be able to get her chest closed tomorrow afternoon if all continues to go well.  It's a small surgical procedure but she won't have to go to the OR for it.  They'll just suit up, block the area off here in the CICU, and close her up at her bedside.  Should be a pretty simple procedure.
Andrew and I are doing pretty well also.  Andrew is still having a hard time seeing Livie this way but he's getting used to it.  He is still keeping his distance and so is doing some laundry right now.  See, miracles do happen :)  We're both still pretty tired but functioning.  I skipped my midnight pumping last night so I could get some rest and yes, I did sleep.  Andrew did as well but the poor guy just kinda bottles it all up so I'm pretty sure he's going to be exhausted for the rest of our lives.  A heart mommy friend posted one of those quote picture things on facebook that said "They're not gray hairs.  They're stress highlights."  Andrew loved it.  I'm thinking for his birthday I'll frame it.  Shhh, don't tell.