HOME AT LAST!!!!

Mikayla having some apple juice this afternoon.

Incision for shunt in head. Did not take any of her stomach incision yet.

View of our room.

Another view of our room.

We finally made it home today around 4:30pm. Had a not so great night last night... Mommy and Mikayla got very few hours of sleep. For the first few HOURS we had a monitor problem and it was going off every few minutes. The stinkin' thing would not quit beeping until I got up and silenced it. Then, Mikayla's face starting itching so the nurse gave her Benedryl. We think that had a reverse effect on her from most kids, she was wide awake for the REST OF THE NIGHT. Did not even help the itching so for the rest of the night I had to stay up to keep her from clawing her face to pieces. I felt so helpless - nothing I could do to help her. The doctor thinks the itching is from the tape used on her face during surgery- you could see the perfect shape of the tape. We finally got her some hydrocortisone cream that really seemed to work then we swaddled her so she could not scratch her face. Hopefully by tomorrow it will be better. We are still trying to get her back up to par on eating - she has been through so much I bet tomorrow will be a better day. Hopefully, we will all get a good night's sleep and tomorrow will be a better day for all of us. Thanks for all your prayers. We love you all.