Yesterday we took Maddy back to Children's for her monthly check up. We were really hoping that they could say we could leave the tube out...and thankfully, they did!!! We couldn't be happier. Her surgeon thought she looked great and was so happy with her progress.
We also took Hailey with us this time, which we haven't done before. This was her first time back at the hospital since we left in Decempber, and she was SO excited to see Maddy's surgeon, Dr. Avansino again, and of course, go to the gift shop. Hailey was all over Dr. Avansino and even drew a picture of him on the white board while we were waiting.
After Maddy's appointment, we went back to the Surgical floor (Giraffe 3), that we spent most of time on during our stay too see if any of our favorite nurses were working. We were lucky enough to get to see 2 nurses that we really liked, Heather and Kathy. They loved seeing how big Maddy is, and Hailey was all over them for stickers and other goodies. We then checked out the gift shop, and then headed over to an appointment with Maddy's Occupational Therapist, who was so happy to hear of Maddy's progress.
After all the appointments, we headed to University Village for lunch at The Ram, frozen yogurt at Menchi's and a little shopping. It was a great day, and such a relief knowing that Maddy will never need another tube in her nose again.
Now we just need to make sure is drinking at least 600mls of milk a day, which she is doing. She has slowly been increasing each day and has been letting us know when she is hungry.
