Day 17

Here's the good news and the bad news: We can go home tomorrow, but we have to continue to do an irrigation every day. They say this situation should improve over time. Her colon just needs time to get moving and stay moving. It's all trial and error right now.

She is doing a bit better with the eating/drinking and they are hopeful that will improve once she is home and back to a normal routine. We can pray, right?

She will still be on laxatives - approx. 3 a day. The doctor suggested doing 1 1/2 in the morning and 1 1/2 in the evening since she is having such a tough time with them. She is also starting probiotics. This will hopefully introduce more good bacteria back into her colon and help with the horrible gas that she has. We are also taking her off dairy (at little here and there, but not much). She will be so bummed about this. She LOVES milk and most other dairy products. I know there are options out there, but nothing is like real milk products (we've tried several).

So...it sounds like we might be heading toward Lafayette tomorrow if all goes well. Please pray for our family as we readjust to life at home. It is a blessing, but will have some struggles I'm sure. First of all, is getting back to some kind of normal schedule and not having Mommy's attention 24/7. We have been quite spoiled in the hospital, so we will have to find a new balance.
I'm sure Bryce won't have a clue what to do not being bounced around every day and needing to share with sister again. :) Mommy can't wait to have extra snuggle time with him.

More later...