OHS Recovery: Day 1

Claire had a busy night. She is still intubated for breathing, she hates and fights it so she has to wear little arm restraints and have extra sedation so that she doesn't pull it out. It breaks our hearts to see her trying to cry (she can't make the sounds because of the tube) and to not be able to comfort her with anything other than our voices and putting our hands on her head. Her heart rate dropped pretty low and became irregular overnight so we have been using an external pacemaker in both the atria and ventricles to help her with her heart rhythm. She also has a fever of 102*F.  Other than that, she's doing pretty well. There were a couple of times yesterday that her blood pressure got very high and no matter what they did, they couldn't get it down and we were so worried, seeing all of those people running in and having to stand back and just watch and trust God and the doctors is one of the hardest things. The other thing that she's really having a hard time with is clearing her lungs of "junk," she had another x-ray this morning and we are still trying to figure out how to get a good handle on that.

We are so so so thankful for all of the love, prayers, and support.  Please keep praying.