Yeah for Progress!

Over the last few days Jersey has done nothing but progress!! It feels SO good to say that! Her main goal over the last week has been to loose fluid and finally she's responding to treatment. Her tiny 5 pound body has lost about a liter and a half of fluid and she still has about another half a liter to go! Once she has lost the remaining half liter the surgeon will be able to close her chest which will help her heal a little quicker. Having an opened wound is hard work on a little princess! As for her tootsies the surgeon suspects she'll recover but not without battle wounds. She'll blister and scar and loose some plumpness at the tip of her toes but we can handle that! Only time will tell though. She's been re-started on a medication called Lasiks to help jump start her kidneys that are very slowly coming back. HOORAY! Her heart has been pretty strong and consistent over the last week but has started a weird rhythm so the doctors are keeping their eyes on it. Over all she's doing pretty well, how relieving it is to finally be getting good news!

On the home front Tatum and Tucker have become quite the hand full. They are wired and naughty when usually they are darling and obedient. I know it's because they need our love and attention but it's quite hard to remember that in the middle of the third major meltdown. When Chris and I are exhausted physically and emotionally we want to come home and be with our "normal" blondies who aren't their normal darling selves. Instead of a fun evening together it usually ends with tears and fits. We constantly remind ourselves "this is only temporary" and while we understand that T&T don't. We'll recover, they'll recover but it's SO difficult while we're in the thick of it. We love them dearly and want to be/do everything for/with them. All in good time. How much we'll appreciate being a normal family some day!