We arrived to the hospital just in time to see little Miss Claire get the tubes out of her throat. She was extubated and did not require the wonderful Cpap. We did continue to mess with her a little to make sure that she was waking up enough to take her own breaths. Only a few foot taps and flicks were necessary to keep her breathing on her own through out the day. Mandi and I were both happy to be able to hold her again after the scares from the previous two days.
The surgeon’s nurse did stop by today to get the consent paper signed and go over some of the preliminary information before surgery. At this point, we were a little caught off guard when she was saying we would be heading to surgery at 8:00am. Previously, we had talked with some other doctors who mentioned that they were a little concerned with the white blood cell counts and wanted to wait a little longer before surgery. After we shared this information with the nurse, she did call and double check to make sure and sure enough, it appears that Claire will have her surgery on Wednesday April 14th. Obviously, this type of planning can change by the minute.
Being tired of the food at the hospital, Mandi and I (and those that have come to visit) are beginning to explore some of the cafes around German village. Sami and Dave tried to take us to Thurman Cafe today (home of the Thurmanator - huge hamburger conquered by the Man vs Food guy) but it was a little too long of a wait. We walked a short distance down the street to Easy St Cafe. Good place. Other top picks have been Schmidt's, Planks Cafe and Club 185.
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Glad to hear you had some good German food at Schmidts!
ReplyDeleteI'm praying for you and little Claire!
~Stephanie