Monday, Feb 16

Holy smokes, blog friends - I do not even know what has happened here. You can only imagine my dismay when I woke up yesterday to find that I'd slept straight through 6 whole days! Yikes! I woke up yesterday afternoon and have been awake pretty much ever since. Last night the nurses gave me some Tylenol with codeine which knocked me out for a bit - but since then - I've been a party girl. I don't need any medicine anymore, so I'm just up all the time. Finally last night around 12:30 Mom said I could be a party girl all night long if I wanted too - but she was going to sleep. So I did. I partied all night. I have a lot to catch up on after missing 6 days. Plus, no way am I going to sleep - you should see what they did to me the last time I fell asleep! Mom should have stayed up all night too - then she wouldn't have looked like such a fool early this morning when all the doctors and surgeons came into the room to talk about me and she was sound asleep on the pull out chair trying to pretend like she hadn't actually been asleep. At least she had her cute dog pajamas on - I was almost embarrassed for her. Mom called Dad and Grandpa and had them bring me my mobile - so I've been talking to my animals again - I have so much to tell them - but my voice isn't working so great today - my throat's a little sore.

So, over night, while I was being a rockstar - I fixed that whole heart beat thing. I've had a heart rate of over 100 since midnight. My doctors love me. Who doesn't?


Speaking of people who love me - check out all this stuff! My crib is all fun all the time. Apparently I slept through some big holiday where everyone professes their love for me. I got cards from a lot of people - and quite a few older boys. A girl's gotta have options. I'm going to let them all think I'm playing hard to get... when really, I just slept through the holiday and didn't get a chance to send out any cards (shhh, don't tell).

This is what I do all day. I just keep rolling my eyes up in my head and checking out this doofy looking elephant trunk and rediculous bonnet. I told Mom to at least put the bow on top of the hat - but let's be real - there's no way to fix this crazy hat. So, I listened to the doctor as he came by today and gave me the list of things I need to do to get out of here. He was super excited that I fixed my heart rate, and that I'm doing such an amazing job breathing without a machine. He said my next goal is to get rid of this breathing machine (DUH! This hat is UGLY) so he's going to turn it down a bit all night and take a picture of my lungs in the morning. He says I have to get rid of my central line and my few other tubes in my body (he said he's almost ready to de-accessorize me... which I'm okay with because none of these accessories sparkle or shine.) After I do that - he says there won't be much reason for me to be hanging out in this Intensive Care Unit anymore. But then I have to move rooms and learn how to eat again. So we're not really close to getting out of this hospital - but I sure have made a lot of progress in a week!