Well to say that alot has been going on the past 2 days is an understatement. I left for work around 6:30 am on Tuesday and shortly after arriving to work I recieved a flood of news from Traci regarding Maizy and her progress.
Apparently Traci walked in just as they were doing rounds, and the doctor said "well Maizy had quite the eventful night" immediately Traci is worried and is wondering why no one called, then the doctor showed her Maizy. She was off the ventilator, her tubes were out of her mouth, and she had already been weaned from the CPAP machine which is the next step when you come off the ventilator! So Maizy must have decided to suprise us! Monday night we went to sleep with a ventilator in her, Tuesday we wake up to no ventilator and they are taking out some of her IV lines, and different sensors as well!! She is looking more like Maizy and less like Robocop every day!!!
I sure did feel like I missed out on a lot being in the office!! She is also eating food now, as she was not allowed to have anything prior yesterday because of fear of infection...Maizy is a champ! She is getting milk through a line that goes to her stomach, they tried to go in through her nose but it was too small, so its in her mouth. But hey its milk!!
Today they began to turn down more and more the oxygen she is getting through her little nasal apperatice (yeah I spelled that wrong big time). Its the last step till she is completely off any assistance, and really all this is is extra oxygen for her when she breathes in, she is breathing on her own. She off the continous stream of pain meds and sedatives and only getting pain meds as needed, and is on no heart medicine either!
*note that this update will tell you that not only has Traci informed me of the correct spelling of apparatus, but that it just happens to be the word that she won her 7th grade spelling bee by spelling correctly...well played Traci...well played*
Big sister Piper came back yesterday as well, when she saw mom and dad she took off running straight into mommys arms and just laid her head down on Traci and didn't let go. I held her for a little bit, then she decided she wanted mom again! It was great having Piper back!
We have had many visitors over the past 2 weeks and I thank all of you so very much, from Ben and Tawni Retter, Seth Retter and Sarah Hutchinso visiting after running the Color Run, to the Keuker family coming to visit before the Color Run, or Vince and Kelly Grisell bringing us lunch and coffee, or Will and Lindsay Metcalf and their two boys Quinn and Bennett, (Ben, I can call him that because we are best friends, really likes me...I am just saying he's awesome) to Angel and Elizabeth Haro and Rafaela Panuco, to my Aunt Tanzey and Uncle Allen, the Stein family who have not only visited but also taken care of Piper, to the Poore family who have watched over our home, and cared for Piper as well so she could be back in Concordia for awhile, and notably Traci's parents Dave and Rhonda, who have been more help than they will ever realize, my brother Derek and his girlfriend Stephanie, and my mom as well. And Traci's entire family back in Delphos who have done so much to help. (Aunt Dee if you are reading this from now on I will stop making fun of you!!) The list goes on and on, I am sure I am missing people but I truly thank all of you, if I have missed someone I apologize.
I was talking to a friend/work colleague the other day and he told me that he didn't know who all had visited us, but that Maizy sure did have alot of thoughts and prayers coming from all other, I told him that it was very overwhelming and humbling to know how many people care and pray for our family everyday, it even makes this crass smart-aleck tear up sometimes even talking about it. I told my colleague that there would be no way to repay the kindness and love that such a large group of people have shown us, and he said that "No one expects you to pay them back, the only way you can pay them back is by paying it forward, you have to make sure you know do something to help someone else." If those aren't words to live by...I don't know what is.
We are not home yet, but we are on the road to recovery, Maizy is a champ! Please keep praying, and I hope you all have a fun fourth of July!!
We love you all!!
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