Good Days for Lydia

Lydia has had two peaceful days after her surgery.  She's still very sedated and sleeps nearly all the time.  All her numbers, assessments, labs, etc. look good and she hasn't had any issues.  She remains on many drugs for various things, plus a ventilator and a pacemaker, all normal things for her to have after surgery.  The plan is for her to remain in this steady, stable condition and not show much progress yet.  The number one goal right now is to flush the fluids out of her body since she is pretty swollen.  

Swelling is typical after a surgery.  Due to the swelling and her small size, her surgeon decided to leave her chest open after the operation.   This is very normal for heart surgery patients of her size.  He's planning to close on Monday, so that's our next big step.  Just anxiously waiting for Monday because she won't have any real progress until her chest is closed.

I am so thankful we spent the night at the hospital the day before her surgery so that we could hold her many times for many hours.  The hardest part of these past couple of days is not being able to hold her.  On Thursday her little hands were just limp and you felt like she didn't know you were there.  Dan text me on Friday morning and said, "She squeezed my finger!"  I could not wait to get there to feel that.  Today she opened her eyes just a bit.  So for now we're surviving on finger squeezes and squinty eye peek-a-boos.  

Miss Lydia will be two weeks old tomorrow.  Two weeks down, and hopefully only 3 or 4 more in the hospital.