Post-Op Day One

Lily made it through surgery just fine, though it did take longer than expected. We got to talk to the surgeon afterward and he said some of it was "tricky" and that her VSD was, "huge, Huge, HUGE!". He closed the VSD with a Gore-Tex patch. He stitched the ASD together since it was a smaller hole, but left a tiny little opening to relieve any built up pressure. The PDA he closed just by clamping it. He also did some work on the tricuspid valves and mitral valve.

Lily's favorite pre-op activity...chewing on bars!

Ready for surgery...

Around 9pm we were finally able to visit her bedside in the PICU. We are in the same room as last time, sharing with two other babies. They are keeping her sedated while she has the breathing tube in, which could be for another 24 hours. She was fighting the sedation, though! They told us to be prepared to see her looking "rough" but honestly I thought she looked beautiful...

If you look closely you can see her wrists are tied down in case she wakes up...so she can't pull the breathing tube out. Little stinker!

We decided that since they are keeping her sedated all night, there was really no reason for us to stay at the hospital overnight. So we came back to the hotel and will be going to bed here shortly. Tomorrow looks like it might be a pretty boring day if she stays intubated and sedated, we'll just have to see how things go. I can't wait to get out of the PICU and into our own room...

Thank you for all the prayers, please continue to pray for a speedy recovery!