Hopefully We Will Be Home Soon!
Hi everyone - this is Maggie's Mom, Joi. Sorry there hasn't been an entry in the journal for such a long time. With the holidays and such Aunt Peggy and Maggie have not been able to have their "special talks" so Peggy can update the journal :-) Maggie got out of the PICU the Tuesday before Christmas. She has been in the step down unit ever since. On Christmas eve Maggie got dehydrated again, but they caught it quickly and she was doing better by the day after Christmas. The doctors have decided that Maggie was getting dehydrated because the formula they were giving her was not digesting well. They slowly started her on a new formula right after Christmas and it seems to be going well. They say it will take a long time for her tummy and intestines to handle nutrition. There was some damage done to her tummy and intestines before the transplant since her liver wasn't working right. Right now her liver is doing great! They took the staples out last Monday. She has been playing some, reading lots of books, watching Elmo and playing with her new Elmo Live that her Aunt Dee Dee sent her. We had Aunt Brittany, Uncle Paul and cousin William visit the day after Christmas - that was fun. It is so nice to have people come and visit - it helps break up the monotony. The doctors are saying maybe we can go home sometime this coming week - only time will tell. Please keep praying for us an d we love the guest book entries so keep them coming!