Day 5 Post Transplant....

Today not much has changed, Abby has continued to make small improvements. We still are working on getting her off of the ventilator. They have really been letting her wake up more so they can get her breathing. She has been pretty agitated today but that is to be expected. They have started a new kind of dialysis so they will only do it every 3 days or so instead of running it all of the time. So that is nice for her not to be hooked up to 1 more thing.
Her liver numbers are still improving so that is good. We are very optimistic and we try and reassure Abby every time she wakes up that everything is ok. That is important right now to keep Abby calm so she can continue to improve. That is really all for today, we were hoping for her to be off of the ventilator today but she isn't quite ready. But that is okay we want her to be ready before we take that big step. We wouldn't want her to have to be intibated again so we will be patient.
As for the family today was ok for us as well. Today was our dad's birthday. He was insistant that we didn't celebrate until Abby could join the party. So we just had pizza in the cafeteria during shift change. They kick us out of her room anyway for and hour and a half. That is the only time we can get our parents to leave her alone. She really has had a family member by her side this whole time. We might drive the nurses crazy, but we know it helps keep Abby calm. And we do stay out of the way and try not to ask too many questions. I have to say though that the nurses have been very nice and have been supportive of us. Once Abby is out of the ICU it will be easier for my parents to sleep at the hospital so that will be nice.

So today was a good day no steps backwards makes for a good day. So here is hoping for another good day and hopefully some really big good news tomorrow.