Recovery

Abeni's recovery has been very smooth. She stayed in the PICU for five days. The hardest thing during that time is that she was basically stuck in her bed. She wanted so desperately for me to pick her up and hold her so we did the next best thing and I laid in bed with her.


She spent her time sleeping and resting and finally as she started to heal playing a little.



The chest tube (a drainage tube) finally came out on Sunday afternoon and we were able to rock!


Her incision is actually very small and looks like it will heal nicely.


On Monday we graduated to the complex airway unit. Cincinnati Children's has a whole unit dedicated to kids with complex airways. It was so nice to have respiratory therapists and nurses who take care of kids like Beni all the time.


Daddy had to fly home Monday afternoon. But he couldn't leave until he got some last minute cuddles from his brave daughter.


We got to hang out in the Complex Airway Unit for just two days because on Tuesday morning after her bronchoscopy, Dr. Rutter gave us the ok to come "home" to the Ronald McDonald House!



Beni was very happy to leave the hospital!


We had to go back to the hospital today for another visit because she was having a reaction to the dressing around her chest tube incision. We also celebrated the Ronald McDonald House's 30th birthday!


The plan for now is to give her time to heal and check again on Tuesday (another bronchoscopy) to see if her airway continues to look as good as it is right now. If it does we get to go home home! I can't believe it! We thought we would be here for at least a month! Abeni is kicking this recovery's butt.

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