MONDAY, 9/17/07

Yeah, we're home!!!! Gracie was moved out of Pediatric ICU Saturday afternoon and released to go home yesterday!!! We were both soooooo ready to get home! When they moved her out of ICU to another room she almost completely refused to eat or drink anything and she almost got put back on her IV. So, I was up half the night pushing fluids with her and by Sunday afternoon she was taking them better. Thank goodness! They did chest x-rays, labs, and another echo cardiogram and the doctor said she looked great and was ready to go home. She was still extremely lethargic and not herself but I suspected it was just because she was totally terrified at the hospital. Scott and the rest of the kids drove over and picked us up and she brightened up a bit just seeing them. She fell asleep in the car on the way home and slept great all night. It didn't take too long after she had her bottle this morning before she was smiling, laughing, crawling, and even climbed up on top of a little step stool!!! I was hovering over her & totally had to slow her down because she was scaring me to death! She was so glad to be home and just kept kissing me all day--it was soooo cute!!! I will try to post some pictures tomorrow but for now I need to get to bed. Thank you again to all of you who have prayed and are still praying for her. We love you all!