Day Three

Savannah is doing much better today. She was taken off sedation around midnight last night and is almost completely off morphine. She is pretty much only on fluids and Tylenol at the moment. She just received her first dose of morphine since midnight last night. She just got a low dose hoping that it will help her eat. Even though she seems to be perfectly comfortable without the morphine we are hoping it will help her mouth sensitivity that may be preventing her desire to feed. We tried feeding her earlier this morning and she seemed eager to eat. She just can't coordinate her new tongue and palate enough to swallow. The next time we tried to feed she wanted nothing to do with the bottle and started to get upset. So hopefully in a little while she will want to eat again.

She has been sitting up most of today quietly watching nurses and doctors passing by. She also sat up in her crib for a little while to play with her musical book. We finally managed to get all of the clotted blood off of her mouth, nose and cheeks along with some tape residue. The doctor also released a stitch that was holding her tongue to her lip. (She had her tongue tie clipped and didn't want her tongue falling back and blocking the airway).

Hopefully in a little while Savannah will be moved to the surgical recovery floor and out of the ICU. This will allow us to have some visitors and not have to be buzzed in and out of the rooms. If she starts eating tonight or tomorrow morning, it is possible that she will be released tomorrow afternoon. She shouldn't have to stay any longer that Saturday but it all depends on when she becomes comfortable with eating again.