Big Day!!

As we were driving to the hospital this morning we were thinking of all the things that Mallory was going to be doing today, getting a private room, chest dressing coming off and best of all getting off of her ventilater. This was going to be a great day for her and us, but as we have been told it will be a rocky road. Her private room was great (as mom couldn't ask anymore of when do we get our private room) as she now has walls and more room around her. She was taken off of the ventilater around 11 and was doing great breathing by herself, she was even taken off most pain medication so she could start acting like herself again. We were so happy to see her awake, alert and being able to cry and make noises again. Then the bumpy road hit, her breathes were too shallow and she was not getting rid of her co2. So, they had to put the ventilater back in. This was tough as she has been doing so great and dealing with everything so wonderfully. The doctors and surgeon said this isn't a horrible thing as they often have to do this, but still as a parent you want to see them continue making great progress and be able to go home as soon as possible. During her bath they did remove her chest dressing, so we see it as 2 out of 3 big things happening is still great progress!!!!