Saturday, May 7, 2016

Happy Early Mothers Day

After moving into PEDS on May 6, we were prepared to stay until Monday as that is what the PICU doctor thought was best.  However, Quinn's cardiologist surprised us in the morning and asked if we wanted to go home.  Quinn isn't going to be any better or worse whether she is at home or in the hospital and since she was eating, playing, and happy it was time to go!  Her heart rate is still a little higher than they would like and the PVC's are a little more frequent than they like.  However, as the doctor explained today, we should think of the PVC's as a gift from God because it means her heart understands that it needs to change.  The area causing the PVC's is trying to help the area that was fixed, because of this it's sending a signal to the heart to speed up.  The hope is that her heart will figure out soon how to work together.  Her echo showed nothing bad and they did NOT check the gradient (on purpose) because they want to give the heart time to heal.  Quinn is on Naproxen which is another name for Aleve.  This is to help with the inflammation that is still in her heart from the surgery.  Quinn was in no mood for a nap and has been happily tucked in bed for 2 hours now.  The hospital ruined her, she now needs light to fall asleep (she preferred all darkness) and needs some noise to comfort her (should be interesting with dueling lullabies when the older girls get home).  She is pretty much back to herself, tried out her tummy but didn't stay too long, and can't sit up on her own, but hopefully she regains her strength soon.  She had some applesauce tonight which is the first real food she has eaten since last Sunday, although she threw up shortly after, baby steps!

So happy to have her home.  We have a follow up on Thursday.

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