Day 3 Post Transplant

So here we are at the end of day 3 it has been a pretty good day. Abby has continued to make small steps forwards towards her recovery. Abby still has had some panic attacks when she wakes up which is understandable. They have decided to put her back on the sedation so that she can stay comfortable and not get so agitated. They had to turn her ventilator up a little bit tonight because she isn't breathing deap enough on her own yet. Her liver is doing much better with each blood draw her numbers are dropping quite a bit which is a good thing. It still has a way to go but we are hopeful that it will. Her kidney still isn't making urine so that means it isn't working. But the doctors seem hopeful that with time it will start working.
Abby has come a long way since Sunday but still has a way to go, so keep the prayers coming. For now they are only letting siblings grandparents and parents in the ICU to see her because they are trying to wake her up more so they can get her breathing on her own. She is on edge right now so they are trying to limit the number of people in her room. But as soon as she is out of the ICU she will need lots of visitors to fill the long boring days. So as soon as that happens we will let all of you know.
Now that I have filled you in on Abby I will let you know how her family is holding up. It has been very hard for mom and dad. For those of you who know our family well you know we have been through this before. Caleb our brother had a transplant 20 years ago and just about the exact same thing happened to him. We are starting to wonder if there is something that caused both of them to have the same problems during surgery. My mom describes it as being hit by lightning twice. So it is hard for us to understand why we have to go through this again. It has been the worst kind of deja vu. We are all a little tired and food is the last thing on our minds. As soon as Abby is out of the woods we will all be able to eat and sleep a lot better.
This will be a long journey for all of us but mostly for Abby she is going to need a lot of love, support and prayers. We are all longing to hear Abby's voice and laughter it seems like forever since we have.
So for today we are thankful that Abby is improving. We are also thankful for the Doctors who worked on Abby they really went above and beyond and were heart broken when things went south. Please continue to keep Abby and our family in your prayers we really can feel the love.

Here is hoping to another good report tomorrow.