Thursday, October 29, 2009

Chest tubes out, food in

Chloe's chest tubes came out very smoothly around 10:00 this morning. Now that it has been almost five hours, she is looking much more like herself. It seems to be a big relief for her to have those out of the way! Around 11:00, she had another echo done and an EKG. Both tests looked great. The cardiologist read over the echo results and was pleased. She will get a chest X-ray Friday morning, and if that looks good and she continues to improve.....


She could go home tomorrow!


That would be wonderful for all of us. Chloe's sister celebrates a birthday on Saturday, so we could all be home together for that. Plus Chloe would like to be in her own bed. But this whole recovery process has gone so smoothly, we couldn't ask for anything more. There are children who have to stay here for weeks. We know Chloe is very fortunate to have the surgery and recovery go so well.

She took a long nap after the echo and EKG and woke up long enough to eat some soup and drink some apple juice. That is the first thing she's had to eat since supper Monday night. She had no appetite, even when they told her she could eat. It does help her appetite to be off the IV pain meds and just on oral ones. So this day has been one of good progress, even just since this morning when she was in a decent amount of pain. We'd love to get her walking the halls again later today. But for now, we are so happy just to see her smile!

(We are having some internet issues here, so although there are some new pictures to post, we'll have to try later.)

14 comments:

  1. Yeah Chloe! You are being so strong through this all. It is hard to eat after surgery isn't it? Even those chocolate milkshakes don't sound good. But, it sounds like you are eating little by little. Good job. Praying that you may continue to recover fully and go home soon!

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  2. Praising God for the continued success of Chloe! I've been following this blog and am so grateful to see how the last few days have unfolded. Our God is an AWESOME God!

    Love from NJ - Laura King

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  3. God is good! So glad to hear this update. I pray you will be able to be home by Saturday to celebrate together with your whole family.

    Jill Edstrom

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  4. hey keep healin and hope you get better
    Jon Genzink

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  5. Praise God from whom all blessings flow!

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  6. YES, I am so glad that you are getting out of the hospital soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Love Gretchen

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  7. Awesome! So glad you are doing well Chloe! We are still praying for you! God has blessed you and your family through this. He has big plans for you! Praise Him!

    Love, Alexa

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  8. Hi Chloe, so glad to read that you got those tubes out. I would not like to have those coming out of my body. That would make me not sleep the way I want, on my tummy. I know you are looking forward to watching Clayton play hockey at the rink again so keep walking around and blowing that air thingy. It's good that you are coming home soon.
    sincerely, Jared VanHeest

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  9. Hi Chloe, I am so glad that you are feeling better. Your brother told me that you were walking around the hospital. You have been through so much these past years and me and my family have been praying for you for days. I hope that you feel better! God has a plan for everything so I believe that everything he does is for a great reason. Yours especially! From your brother's friend, Brad Houskamp.
    P.S. God is with you where ever you go!

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  10. GO CHLOE! Glad you are getting better!!! We hope you can come home soon! Jacob, Mya, Ellie and Grace!

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  11. Hi chloe
    I'm glad everthing went so great! I hope you can come home tomorrow. My whole class has been praying for you. The best part is ahead. Now Clayton will play whatever YOU want. I'll keep praying for you, and you keep healing! CU back at school soon.

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  12. I'm so glad you're getting better. I hope you get to go home soon. Praise be to God!!!

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  13. Hi Chloe - I am glad to read that you are doing so well. My family and I continue to pray for your recovery and for your parents & siblings as they help you through this. Its awesome that so many people from all over are praying for you! I went to school with your dad and your grandpa was a teacher of mine back in NJ. Your American Girl doll is beautiful! Have fun with her!
    Amy (Douma) Brooks & family

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  14. I am so glade that you are home. Like I said God does everything for a reason and I believe that everything he does for you is for a great cause.

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