screaming Yesterday, the nurse was telling me that they started weaning K off the ventilator, right? And she said that they hoped to remove her breathing tube within a week, right?

Well I went in there this morning and, da, da, da—- her breathing tube was gone!! Once again, I’m flabbergasted! (As they say.) Granted, she is back under the bilirubin light, but I expect that to come and go while she’s in there. But the tube down her mouth/throat is gone and instead she has some oxygen going to her nose. That means that all her breaths are done on her own. She looks like they’re a little bit of work, but she’s getting there. She also still has the feeding tube but somehow it looks less annoying now.

And it seems to me that she’s grown, by the size of her hands, anyway…

I think that...

In other news, I guess I have some Googling to do because I’m still seeing stars… Need to find out how long it takes your eyes to get back to normal so I can figure out if this is an issue with my eyes or something else. Not sure that it’s my blood pressure as that’s actually been pretty good. Also, why am I still having heartburn? Shouldn’t that have ceased by the time she was gone outta me? :P

Oh, blah, I get this: “Eye changes will continue for one to two months after birth. If you’re nursing, it will continue until one to two months after weaning, when the hormones stabilize.” Grrrrrr…..

Also, I made supper tonight for the first time since mid-February. Though I don’t really care to cook, and Steve did start the meat for me, it was kinda nice making a supper at home again. I made spaghetti with meat sauce and brownies for dessert. Nothing gourmet but, hey, it works. I figure that starting next Monday I need to start making my lunches, too, or other meals for at the hospital. It’s really too expensive to be eating out or eating in the hospital cafe every day, even if it is more convenient.

And in other random news, Elijah is officially spoiled rotten. He’s going to freak out when Kayleigh comes home and we’re suddenly not doing anything interesting or fun for a little while…