requests/update

This morning has been full of excitement already.  Starting at 6:20 of course they doctors were in here assessing how Kasi was doing after a long over night of waking up every hour.  Well, what they are finding is the fact that her left lung has air on it, but now her right lung looks "fuzzy".  This could be from all the fluid they gave her plus her pain not allowing her to take deep breaths to keep it off/out.  So, today they are going to work on different pain management plus she will be doing even more breathing "things" to help expand her lungs.  They are going to try and get her up out of bed and talking a couple of steps today.  They will have to call in PT to help with this because she is hooked up to so much yet.  I guess they have a system and it does work really well.   Kasi's blood pressure has gone up some, but that is from taking quicker shallower breaths instead of being restful.  She also has more pain in her belly and side.  This is from her incision which is massive.  Her incision goes from underneath her shoulder blade in her back down following her ribs to her middle front and continues straight down her belly to about 4 inches below her belly button.  She has had all her tummy muscles cut and her diaphragm plus they went in between her ribs.  Yep, she does have pain and rightfully so.  She is doing great though with that, and just really wants to sleep.  Her mask on her face does bother her some just because she has a really hard tube going into her nose to her belly because her tummy isn't working yet.  Her kidneys seem to be stable right now which is great news!  Until she is moving around and stuff we won't know fully what her "normal" will be. 
We are praising God for all of the good things and praying to God for all of these other issues.  It is amazing to watch people up here to really don't know Him and it is sad to see there great pain and anguish because of the uncertainties and unknowns.  We have seen people collect in the family room only to see their child for the last time to what I am thinking to be a single mom here with her baby and her pain almost to much to bear.  I know all of you are praying for Kasi and for us, and we love that and praise God for that, but being here makes life a little real to the fact people go through this daily/weekly/monthly.  Yes this is our journey and we are going through it too, but with a Hope that some don't have.  I praise God for claiming us, for writing our name in His book and for loving us beyond all measure.  I pray that I will be able to show that love to those we see in our family waiting area of the PICU/PTCU.   They are people from all over the country, with life changing events happening right now.  There are tears being shed every moment of every day, some for rejoicing and some for sorrow.  Please remember all the families in these moments of life.
I will update you all tonight about her progress of the day!  Keep posting on her facebook wall if you are her friend!  I read them to her and it gives her a smile!
Love you all!!
Jodi