APPRECIATION

I appreciate everyone's positive thoughts and prayers because guess what.....they are working!!!! In my darkest hour, a miracle was shown. At about 11:45pm, Faith's nurse checked her pupils and there was no response. Prior to that, Faith had done a bit of what looked like twitching. I asked how that was possible with no brain function and she said that she did not know.

About a half hour later, I was talking to to Faith and told her she was my pretty princess and she SMILED! From that point on, Faith has continued to smile on occasion and is moving her feet and her hands. Auntie Glenda and daddy, along with nurses and doctors got to witness these miracles. Faith is also opening her mouth on her own to be suctioned! After an hour or so of some responsiveness, they were able to take her completely off the epinepherin, her blood pressure went up and they were able to lower the levels on her pacemaker because she was overriding it!!

It was truley a miracle and the entire hospital staff had tears in their eyes and renewed hope on so many levels. Like I said, I appreciate everyone's prayers soooo much because they HAVE to be working!!!! I will never again question a higher power and this was life changing.

Of course, there are still many concerns so we still met at 11:00 to discuss where we go from this point. Obviously she is not going to be declared braindead and we will continue to proceed. There are serious concerns about her liver, kidneys and feet. They did an ultrsound on her liver today, but I haven't found out the results. Her kidneys are being supported by dialysis and she may not be able to go off dialysis. That is concerning because we don't have access on her upper body due to her cardiac anatomy. Her feet, like I have said before, are awful and they are worried about gangrene setting in. They are consulting with a Vascular surgeon and ortho to discuss a plan. More than likely, we will lose some part of the feet. She is septic , has internal yeast and possible other infections that are being cultured and that is the reason for isolation.

But, at least FINALLY some good news. So sorry everyone is being dragged along on this crazy ride, but thank you for sticking with us and continuing to give us strength. Lets keep our fingers crossed this is the turn we needed to continue on a stable path. I'm not sure how much more OUR hearts can take!