Friday, June 12, 2009 Surgery Today

Shailee had her surgery today. We got there at 9 she was scheduled at 10 and got in at 12 and never came out til 2:30. I held her for an hour and a half before she went into surgery and she came out of surgery with no complications so her trach tube is placed and her vent is hooked to her trach. They said they will keep her pretty well sedated for the next day or two to make sure that she isn't moving too much and causing irritation and not allowing the site to heal. they are not going to start feeding her formula again until sometime tomorrow so right now she is only on iv fluids. we couldn't stay with her long after her surgery b/c she needed recovery time but we did get to see her for a little while. the surgeon also talked to us and said that she did great and she was and still is stable. when i called to check on her after we got back home they told me that she woke up a couple of times and was very irritated and she caused a broch spasim due to getting upset and they ended up giving her some morphine to help her with pain and to relax more. so as of right now she is still doing great and now she is finally making steps towards coming home! She also weighs 8 lbs. 14 1/2 oz. now but i am sure that she may lose a few ounces being off of her feeds. but she is doing good and is in the recovery process, i will update more when there is more information.