Erin Update 4

Erin continues to amaze us! She came out of surgery yesterday afternoon, after 4-5 hours, breathing on her own, which is unusual. She had a fairly restful night. She is starting to feel some pain which the nurses quickly relieve with morphine. I arrived here at the hospital early this morning, and shortly after, the doctor removed her drainage tube and wires that were in the chest and heart. They will most likely remove her central line later today (which is in her neck), leaving three IVs rather than four. Things are moving quickly and they are already talking about moving her out of ICU today! She recognizes my voice and becomes a little agitated when she does. Although she has still not opened her eyes while we've been here, she is starting to move around a bit and show us all that she's not pleased with all of the wires and probes. But all in all, things could not be going better. Thanks be to God. Thank you for all of your kind comments and prayers. We'll try to check in later today. God bless.