Day 2 in the ICU

Last night, Brent and I decided we would stay in the parent room to try to get some sleep. We had gotten up at about 4:30am so we decided that would probably be best. We went to bed around midnight and slept off and on until about 6.
Maddie didn't have the greatest of nights. Her pain meds were not working so they switched her back to what she was on originally with a higher dose. Then around 4 they added a med that would help her heart recover from the bypass machine and start working a little better. She was a little cold to the touch and her circulation was not what it should have been, so this heart med was added. Her hemoglobin was low. It went from 13 (point something) to 6 (point something) so she was given some blood to help with this. She was also given a med that would help her urinate. She didn't eat anything all night so we are hoping this will pick up today.
She seems to be resting right now, so we are hoping that when she wakes up she will feel a little better. She still has all her lines and tubes that she had yesterday and because of the new heart med she has to stay in the icu for another day. I hate that she is still in the icu but she did just have open heart surgery and I'm glad they are monitoring her so closely. The staff here at Children's is so wonderful! They have been such a blessing and seem to care so much. They assign only one patient to each nurse so she is getting such individualized care and the nurse stays in the room.
Her plan for today is to have her catheter removed and a few other lines. She has to keep her chest tube in until tomorrow because there is an iv line that goes directly into her heart that is not being removed until tomorrow. When that iv tube is removed there is sometimes some bleeding. If the chest tube is still there, the excess bleeding can drain out that tube and the drs can see it.
We would ask that you continue to pray for Maddie's recovery today. Specifically that her body would process the excess fluids that she has retained. Also, pray for minimal pain. Pray that her hemoglobin count would come up. As they take her off of one of her medicines, her body will produce the right hormones to allow her to relax. Pray that as she comes off her oxygen that her body will handle that okay. She also really needs to eat. Please pray for her appetite (and her interest to eat). Thank you, thank you, thank you is all that we can say. We rest in knowing that we serve an awesome God! We pray that His will be done and that He continue to get all glory and all honor for He is the only one that actually deserves any of it!!!

My verse for today is...
Phil 4:19 "And my god shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus."

Praise the Lord He takes care of our needs. I'm praying this for my baby girl today!