Hi my special friends,

Well, I have good news & bad news.  The wonderful news is, I got my breathing tube out today and my oxygen level looks good  YEA!!!!  But . . . I'm real congested.  I had a congestion before I came here that Daddy was treating me for several times a day.  When I got here, the breathing tube took care of my breathing problem.  Now that the tube is out, I'm having a real hard time doing it on my own . . . and my congestion is worse.  I'm getting albuterol treatments again, but they only help so much.  They want to suction me out and slap me on the back to break it up, but my body can't do that.  You see, my platelet count is very low.  Platelets are made by the liver and mine, being brand new to me, is making them very slowly.  All liver transplants have this problem.  So, if I start to bleed, my blood won't clot and they would have a very hard time stopping the flow.  And they really don't want that to happen in my lungs!  They're afraid if they put a suction tube down there they might cause me to bleed, and even if it's ever so tiny, it still could be bad for me.  So please pray that my congestion clears up real soon.  If it doesn't, they'll have to put the breathing tube back in and I don't want that at all!  That won't be good and I'll have to stay in PICU even longer.  Sigh.  So thank you for keepin up your prayers for me.

The other good new is they took me off the IV feeding and I'm back to my feeding tube that I've always had.  Even though they are both liquid, the feeding tube gives me many more nutrients (wow, that's a big word!) because the liquid is thicker and has more in it.

I'm also awake now a little.  I got to see Mommy & Daddy some today.  They're "fighting" (not really) over me to see who gets to come in and stay for a while.  I love them so much!  The nurse told Mommy everyone is in love with me.   Gosh, that's so nice to know.  They even brought some barrettes for my hair and Mommy/Daddy say I really look pretty.  (Too bad my boy friends are all gone now.  I'm glad for them, though.)  I'm even able to talk a tiny bit and said "Ma Ma" to Mommy when I was having a bad moment with my congestion.  She and Daddy are so happy that they get to speak to me and hold me, and so am I!!!

Well, thank you for coming by to see me.  Thank you for all you are doing for me, Mommy and Daddy.  You will be rewarded for that one day, just wait and see.

Love,

Maggie