News?

Not trying to get everyone premature excited but wanted to share a bit of info the docs told us this morning. They said that they were going to check Lacey's calorie count from yesterday and assess her pain medicine use and effectiveness this morning and if all checks out, we'll be discharged TODAY!! We are excited but trying to keep our cool because there is some reservations on the doctors part at this time. They told Lacey this morning that she has been the toughest patient ever for this auto-islet procedure and that if she went home today, it would be the shortest hospital stay after the surgery that she had! We are thankful and we know that no one but God could accomplish such a pheat.
She had a good night last night with only one flair up of pain around 430am, but this seemed to be because she had slept for so long and the pain snuck up on her, because she wasn't awake to take meds. They gave her medicine and the pain settled. I woke this morning to find her as you see her in the picture below, sleeping on her stomach!! What a comfort for her to finally after nearly 8 weeks of pain be sleeping on her stomach. I am amazed daily at the little things that we overlook, but God is giving her the comforts of life back, one by one. I will post more as soon as we hear for sure about discharge. They said if not today, for sure in the morning. Keep praying!

Sleeping on her tummy. Must feel good!



Incision site after 12 days.



Drain removal site.