Update

The good news is......Rebekah has started to pee!!!!! It is with the help of some heavy-duty doses of diuretics, but at least she is getting some of the fluid out of her body. We are very excited that she is responding to the medications finally.

As far as the pressures go, Rebekah's LAP and RAP have come down considerably. She has been hanging out in the 15-17 range except when she moves or wakes up when the numbers shoot up to 30+. The PAP (measures the pressures in her new conduit) has still remained high, at times only 3 or 4 points above the systemic pressure. We are still in the post-operative waiting period, though, and the doctors want to wait and see how her heart is doing over the next couple of days before attempting any other interventions.

Rebekah's oxygen saturations have dipped a little lower today, but still much higher than we are used to seeing them. :) Mostly today they have been hanging in the 95-97 range. Rebekah's heart rate has been very steady all day, and her nurse told me that is a good indication that her heart is doing well and there is no bleeding inside her heart.

The goals for Rebekah overnight are to rest calmly, continue to get rid of more fluid and rest calmly. :) For the last few hours, Rebekah has been resting much better. We hope that trend continues overnight.

We enjoyed spending time with Danny and Kelsey Rowan today. They drove down from Greenville to see Rebekah and bring her an adorable teddy bear. It was nice to visit and have some adult talk that didn't completely revolve around medical terms. :) Thanks, Danny and Kelsey, for giving up your Saturday to come and see us!

Please continue to pray for Rebekah tonight. She is stable, but still has a lot of recovery ahead of her. Also, please keep two other families here in the PCICU in prayer. Their little ones are not doing as well, and I am sure that they would appreciate your prayers.

Due to the other issues going on in the PCICU, and a very sick baby in the PICU as well, the doctors have not officially rounded yet tonight. Drew and I were hoping to talk with Dr. Graham about Rebekah's heart function and the time line that he has in mind for monitoring the pressures. It could be quite late when he is available, so we'll see how long we can stay up. We may wait until tomorrow if it gets too late.

Nancy