the worst is over

We are with Kate in her room in the children's wing of the ICU.  She is swollen from surgery, thirsty and in a lot of pain but overall doing well.  Her heart rate is a bit high because of her hemoglobin levels but it is in the normal parameters expected after a surgery of this caliber.  They are still working to control her pain and get her comfortable and luckily she is sleeping most of the time so she's doing ok.   I'm hoping tomorrow I'll be able to read all the comments posted on her blog to her.  She really enjoys them and they help her stay strong. 


She told me the nurse gave her ice chips so I asked for some for her only to find out she can't have them and hasn't had them.  She is so thirsty she is dreaming that the nurses are giving them to her.  Hopefully she can have some real ones soon.