We had our first post surgical appt today. We had to go in and have a chest xray done, then meet with Katie. Finally we went to the lab for a blood draw.

Olivia is doing great. Katie was pleased with her xray - there is still a bit of haziness in the bottom of her left chest area which could just be the tiniest bit of fluid or maybe her lung hasn’t fully expanded from surgery, etc. We’re just going to keep an eye on it.

Katie removed two out of three of her chest tube stitches. The left one is still in and they’ll remove it on Tuesday when we go see Dr. Heller.

We weighed her while there and she weighed in at 15.6 kg - gaining weight in the hospital! Wow! The xray was uneventful now that they allow her to sit or stand for it. Bloodwork - Katie put the EMLA cream on her ahead of time. Olivia just cried because she knew it was a blood draw and she didn’t want it to be done.

Katie called later in the day to let me know her INR level (clotting) was 1.92. Which is exactly where they want her to be. So we’re to continue with the 2mg coumodin.

Now a question for all the heart moms out there. Olivia HATES the coumodin. They do not compound it so it’s in a pill form. I need to crush it up, then mix it in something. Olivia gags on it regardless of what we put it in. We’ve done yogurt, pudding, apple juice. HATE.

Tonight she threw up ALL her meds while we were giving her the coumodin mixed in pudding. We had to call in to cardiology to find out if we should re-administer all the meds she had previously taken. Dr. Lapuk called and told us to not give her everything and to start fresh in the AM.

Suggestions on getting her to take this stuff? It’s going to be a LONG three months if we cannot figure out a solution to this…