Sleepy

It was a long night! David and I both decided to stay in the room with her. She actually woke up a little after I posted the blog and asked if we were going to sleep there. So that was good. Praise the Lord! I was so thankful to hear her talk a little. During the night, she slept pretty soundly but had several seizures. When she has a seizure, we press this little button and it flips on the light so they can get it on video. So we were up and down all night - lights on, lights off, holding Brenna every time she had a seizure, listening to the beeping every time her oxygen levels or respiratory rate got low, watching her brain waves on the monitor, etc, etc, etc.

They came in and took blood early this morning. I almost came a little unraveled when the lab tech was going to stick her. She already had an iv in each hand and one of them wasn't being used. I asked her why she couldn't just take blood out of the existing iv?? She said she would ask. Then the nurse came in and said they normally couldn't do that. I was pretty irritated. But just as the lady was about to put the needle in her arm, a nurse practitioner came in and said to wait. She looked at the iv and said it would be no problem to pull blood from it. She saved the day! I was so thankful. I know Brenna is tough, but come on - give her a break!!

She's still very lethargic. She responds only when we really prod her and then she goes back to sleep very quickly. She had an MRI that is routine for post-op. They didn't sedate her because she's still so sleepy. She did well. I was kind of worried that she might have a seizure during it, but she didn't. They saw on the MRI that she has fluid collecting over the electrode grid, but it's not causing any pressure so they're not concerned yet.

Dr. Clarke came in and said that since she had so many seizures last night, he thinks they've collected enough to get all the information that they need. Praise God!! I think everybody was praying for seizures. SO, if all goes according to schedule, he's going to give her more medication to calm down the seizures and help her brain relax a bit and then tomorrow he'll map out the location of her speech (they mapped out her movement earlier). What they hope is that they'll have everything put together so that Monday they can do the surgery. That's our hope too! I'm just so thankful that she's had seizures. I was worried that she might not have any at first so it would make us be in here longer. God heard our prayers!

She opened her eyes enough to meet the youth minister from East Win when he came by to see her. They also had a golden retriever on the floor who came by to visit her and she woke long enough for him to lick her hand. I convinced her to try some chicken noodle soup but all she ate was one noodle. She said it didn't taste good. She wanted to watch the disney channel but stayed awake for about five minutes and now she's snoring again. But, at least we've seen progress. I'm feeling much better now that I've seen her awake a bit more. But, still hate this whole process and watching my baby in pain. I don't like to wish the days away, but I'm longing for this to be over quickly.

I'm confident that God has her in His hand and I know undoubtedly that His hand is what I'm clinging to so we can make it through. Thanks for your continued prayers.