Slow days = Good days

Another slow day in the world of Atticus Goodahl. He continues to rest and heal, which is absolutely great! He is offically 2 months old today!!!! Yippee! Thank you, God for letting me have all this time with him. They had a little scare yesterday. The docs noticed more "free air" on his abdomen when they did one of the regular ultrasounds onhis belly. Dr Hsia told them NOT to take him to surgery under any circumstances. He got the Ped's Surgery docs to look at him and they said he looked great as far as they were concerned. (Thank you! No more surgeries!) So Dr Hsia told everyone to leave Atticus alone and just let him heal! Hehe. It's great to have such wonderful docs who've really gotten to know Atticus. Please continue to pray that his liver gets better...he's starting to look a little less jaundiced, so that means things are slowly improving. Still praying we make it home by Christmas...love you all and miss you guys!!

Still lots of recovery to do...

Sorry it's been a few days since the last post, but I was home in Aiken visiting with Robbie and the other two kiddos. It was so nice to see not only the fam, but to have a chance to see everyone at the Aiken COC on Sunday. It was also equally hard to leave, but good to get back to Atticus. Atticus is doing ok. He's had to have a drainage tube put in his belly again, but this has helped also stablize his blood pressure, which went a little wonky while I was gone. They also placed a new arterial line in the groin of his left leg so that they can monitor his BP. He's still fighting an infection in his ventilator tubes, which causes his fever to spike every once in a while. He's also still has several major wounds to heal such as all over his leg (though it's looking MUCH better) and on his chest from the heart surgeries. And his liver is still very sluggish, which is causing his feeds on breast milk to progress very slowly, and he's still very jaundiced.
All that said....he's been so VERY awake and active and alert lately. When I got to the hospital last night, he opened his eyes and looked at me at the sound of my voice. He stayed awake for a good 30 mins. Today was also another good day, as he was awake for more than an hour! While he obvioulsly still has a lot of healing to do, he has come such a long way. Hard to believe that he's almost officially 2 months old! Please continue to pray for my little Atticus and for the rest of our family. Still hoping to make it home for Christmas, but it's gonna take a lot of prayers, so keep up the good work!!! :)