All Dressed Up and No Place To Go!

Yesterday Liliana had a pretty good day and today she looks good too. Her stats continue to look good with heart rate in the 130's - 140's, oxygen in the 90's, and blood pressure in the 50's and 60's. Her biggest obstacle has been the drug withdrawal. You figure she has been on morphine for nearly 3 months and they have to start the weening process which involves a load of other drugs. She is also not too fond of her cannula for oxygen and her corpack (feeding tube). When she gets a hold of those puppies it's like a death grip! She wants those things out of there! She was so restless in the evening yesterday that I stayed with her later to try and help the nurse get her to relax and go to sleep. When I called back up at my usual nightly calling time (around 10pm) Amanda our nurse told me that she was quiet and finally fell asleep. She has been sleeping about 8 hours each night sometimes waking up briefly and then going right back to sleep. I am so happy because I really want to get her back to her usual sleeping through the night like she did before coming in here. She also is on the 24 calorie per ounce formula to help put some more baby fat on those bones! LOL! She must be having some wild dreams because she is very squirmy and occassionally she starts whining like she is going to start crying. I really have a good feeling about this time with her being extubated. Hopefully our little angel will be home before Valentine's Day!