Going Wireless and Other Celebrations

Elina is officially wireless. She got her main artery line pulled out (which was unexpectedly traumatic). She is free of all of her cords and tubes, and we are happy to be able cuddle her properly.

We are set to head home in a couple days. She is dead tired of being poked and messed with in general. Someday she will understand the greatness of what went on this week, but for now- she is justified in being angry, etc.

So here is a progression of this week:

A few hours after the surgery. Here she is on the ventilator and a heart pacer. She wasn't able to start waking up until the end of the second day.

 Here is Elina just using supporting oxygen, she is doing all the breathing on her own. At this point she still needed the pacemaker.

This is the point were Elina's recovery started taking off. She began breathing and beating all by herself. This was a couple hours before she moved to a regular room.

Elina rolling in the wagon, getting a break from her bed. Almost as good as riding in the cart at Walmart.

Elina is doing great. With every new step she is getting back to normal and feeling more comfortable.

It didn't take her more than a few minutes of being conscience to find her feet again

And here is a little video just to show how well our girl is doing now.

She is smiling and talking again. She is ready to hit the road. One chapter of her story is drawing to a close. She has her whole life in front of her.