08/20/2009 Day after surgery

Today Mackenzie took a few steps forward. Her lung x ray from last night look good. The right one doesn't seem to be collapsed anymore and the other seems to be free of fluid. This morning they were giving her more platelets because of her DIC, but later on in the day her levels were up to almost 60 so they decided to let her try to do the rest on her own. A normal level would be somewhere between 75-100 or even a lil higher. She didn't really wake up much today or stir around, which is kinda disappointing but at the same she needs her rest. There was talk today about taking the tube out of her nose that goes to her stomach and basically sucks the bile out and what not because there was nothing connected to her stomach. But now the G-tube they inserted yesterday is serving the same purpose, but i don't think the surgeon was around today so they are going to wait to talk to him about it. Her stomach looks good as does the rest of her. She is not as swollen as she has been. The plastic surgeon came and looked at her wrist earlier and put some stuff on it and wrapped it up to help get rid of some of the black dead skin. And sometime in the future a small skin graph will most likely be necessary. All in all it has been a pretty good day. There are still many things going on with lil mac though and she is still in critical condition. We are hoping the next week things will really start to turn around, once her abdomen is closed. We would also like to thank everyone for there thoughts and prayers. God has really taken this whole situation into his hands and proved that he does perform miracles. Last friday when we brought Mackenzie in here the doctors really didn't think she would make it, let alone be able to live with what bowels she had. Here we are a week later, and they are talking about how they have hope that she will be fine with what bowel she has left. So just keep praying for our baby girl please.