Day 3- Stepping Stone

Karter showed so much progress today!!! Yesterday we were all a little concerned because she was not staying awake during the day hardly at all; however, last night she became a little night owl and kept the nurses on their toes! Even though she stayed awake most of the night last night she did come around this afternoon and kept her precious eyes opened for a good amount of time! She also took her pacifier today without needing much assistance from us on keeping it in. The largest improvement she had today though was her appetite! She is now feeding from a bottle like a pro every two to three hours. She is only getting about 16 cc's per feeding but I am sure she will be moved up from that soon! The only issue they are having with bottle feeding her is that sometimes she starts to over work that bottle which causes her heart rate to drop, but if they pull the bottle back out for a few seconds it gees right back up! Hopefully she will continue to feed well and will not require a feeding tube! If she does have to get an feeding tube she will still get fed by the bottle the tube would just be for back-up me sure. All in all everything is going good, her stats and vital signs are good so all we can do now is wait and pray and hope that the PAV ligament to her valve closes.

Karter was able to change rooms today too...she now has a cute little boy neighbor named Jagger. We are no longer in the isolated room of the cardiac intensive care unit but instead we are in a joined room of the unit. She was able to move because of all of her improvements; she is not longer considered high risk.

Thank you all again for all that you are doing and have done. There are a lot of people asking what they can do for Miss Karter and if she can have anything in her room. The answer to that is yes she can have stuffed animals but no flowers. They are allowed balloons but they have to be Mylar balloons and not latex. She is also allowed to have booties and her own blankets. Once again thank you! We will update with more tomorrow!