Monthly Archives: October 2006

We had a restless night last night. Ellie won the final round in the battle against the IV in the head. She pulled a Houdini act getting the socks off her hands and yanked the IV out sometime in the … Continue reading →

It’s been one week since the surgery today and Ellie’s doing pretty darn well. Dr. Marx looked at us this morning and said, “You know, honestly, we’ve seen something positive every day.” Click here or on the photo for a … Continue reading →

Ellie had a good night last night. Slept well, so Ken actually slept as well. The new baby in the next bed was taken to the nurses’ station so that helped. Over at the Devon Nicole House I actually got … Continue reading →

Ellie’s out of the ICU! This photo shows her on the move. Click here or on the photo for another picture of Ellie. She’s been off most of her IVs and has been doing so well that the doctors decided … Continue reading →

Ellie has come a long way today. She has been able to have cuddles with Mom and Dad and has been giving Sandy the giraffe cuddles non stop all day. The morphine stopped early this morning and she has done … Continue reading →

How’s that for progress?! There’s no better medicine than mummy cuddles. Click here or on the picture to see two larger photos from this morning. Surprisingly, Ellie had a nice calm night. I walked Colleen over to the Devon Nicole … Continue reading →

The breathing tube’s gone and Ellie’s doing it all by herself now! …well, almost. They had to let her wake up to take out the tube and she came off of it ornery, kicking and crying. Her throat is really … Continue reading →

We lost some noodles, and gained a noodle. The left atrium line and chest tube are out now, but a new catheter had to go in. She hadn’t had a wet nappy since they took it out. Click here to … Continue reading →

Yesterday we were playing the numbers game. But now that the doctors are happy with the numbers we’re playing the spaghetti game. When Ellie first got settled into the ICU, her bed was a big old spaghetti bowl of tubes … Continue reading →

…Slow and Steady, Ellie Beth, Slow and Steady. So far so good.  Ellie’s temp has gone up a little so she has an ice pack on her head to bring it down.  What with being a little puffy still and … Continue reading →