Don't forget the other kid!

Today we got to see Tyler again for the first time since Sunday Afternoon. Huge thanks go out to Heidi's sister Jody and her family for taking in our little man. Tyler, Jody, Chelsey, Grandma Lois and Grandpa Jim all came to visit today, but MJ wasn't quite in the entertaining mode. She struggled today with eating, drinking and being active. Having Tyler show up did provide enough spark to get her out the door and down the hall to the playroom, which was great. Other than that, she had a lot of pain, and spent a lot of the day upset.

We actually started to worry about a malfunction of the shunt in her head. We had also asked the Doctors to write orders to put her back on some heavy pain medication and on IV fluids. Around 5:30PM she started to perk up, and drink some pedialite. By the time her dinner arrived, she was playing a couple games with Tyler (thank goodness, as it was like trying to keep a monkey in a chicken coop). She had a healthy helping of Jello, spaghetti-o's and juice. By the time Tyler and Jake left for home at 7:20, she was smiling, coloring, singing along to the Muppet's movie we were watching, and was more than willing to pose for a picture!

We pray that tonight she will get a good night's rest, that her chest tubes will stop bleeding, that she oxygenates well, and that her recovery will continue!