slow and steady

The saying goes slow and steady wins the race, right? Well that is kind of what our Kelly girl is going right now. She is being slow but steady about her recovery. Things are going well and she is doing well but it just seems to be taking a little bit of time.
Our hope was that Kelly would get the drainage tube out of her chest today. That did not happen. They are saying tomorrow will be the day for it to come out. Kelly is breathing room air when she is awake but when she is sleeping her O2 stats drop a little bit so they are watching that. Kelly has been eating well but she has also been spitting but a lot. It seems her acid reflex has come back with force. She spit up after almost every bottle today. So those are all things they are watching for now. We are hopeful that we will be able to go home on Wednesday, if not then Thursday. We will just have to see how tomorrow goes.
On a different note, Kelly is getting back to her happy self. When I got to her room this morning she looked at me and gave me the biggest smile! It was great to see, it did my heart good. And the rest of the day she was very happy. She was charming anyone that walked into her room. And her hair was also a topic of conversation to anyone who saw her. The hair is out of control!

Sunday afternoon we had visitors! The big sisters had been staying with mama and papa and they all came up to visit Kelly. It was good to see them. Kelly was very content while the girls were there. She watched and listened Jennifer, just like at home. Jennifer really wanted Kelly to go out to lunch with us. And she really wanted Kelly to be able to go home. Soon!

 Jennifer also wanted to see where we were staying. She was pretty convinced that she should be able to stay. We are at the Ronald McDonald House and our room has bunk beds in it. Jennifer really wanted to stay so she could sleep on the top bunk. 

 Both girls thought this was pretty great!

 And here is my happy girl today! She had a little sponge bath and was so very happy so I tried to get a few pictures. This was as close as I got to her big smile.

 It is hard to see but after the sponge bath the hair just got crazier! So glad to have my happy girl back!

I spent most of the day snuggling with my baby girl and my hope tomorrow is to do much of the same. So an update will probably not come until late tomorrow night as well. I will try to keep posted on how Kelly is doing and when we may get to come home.