Some Updates

• Saturday evening Cayman was moved out of the PICU and into the step down unit. It's not the most comfortable for us. The space is small and we can't sleep next to Cayman's bedside. Mike and I are not ready to leave her, so we have been taking shifts at her side. She's getting lots of cuddles.
  
• During her shunt surgery on Thursday, a picc line was put in. They took that out yesterday (on Saturday). It's always nice to see the number of tubes and wires that are attached to her decrease.
• Cayman is eating well.
• Cayman sat up by herself. Her coordination and balance is pretty shaky but that could just be weakness - does not necessarily point to further brain damage from everything she experienced.
• She is interacting well with people (waving, clapping, initiating play, etc.). A week before this all happened, she had her routine IEP evaluation done and the score for her social development was at the age of a 30 month old (Cayman is 26 months old). It looks like she is still our little social butterfly.
• Cayman has been pulling Mommy's hair and Mommy doesn't even tell her no. :)
  
• We've had visitors coming each day and it's been great and very comforting to us.
• Friday night we were able to get a room at the Med Inn, which is a hotel that is directly connected to the hospital. In fact, one of its entrances is right on the same floor where Cayman is at. So convenient. It's not guaranteed that we'll continue to have a room every night there during Cayman's stay in the hospital. The rooms are booked ahead by families expecting a stay at the hospital. Their reservations come first in fulfillment even if that means we have to get bumped since we weren't a planned stay. We can only slip into a vacant room as they come available around the reservations. I count the credit to God's providing hand that the room has stayed available to us for the past 3 days.