"Let her sleep..."

"Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will move mountains."  ~Napoleon Bonaparte

Yeah, Napoleon was talking about China...I still like the quote in reference to Lydia.

Our day began around 5:00am so we made sure we had plenty of time to spend with Lydia.  We snuggled, we sang, we cried, we took pictures, we enjoyed our babe.  Lydia went to surgery around 8:30am.  We had several updates throughout the day to inform us on how her procedure was progressing.  Each time it was good news.  Around 2:45pm Dr. Pastuszko came to tell us Lydia was in recovery and doing well.  He was able to fix the IAA, VSD and ASD.  We are so thankful this was completed in one surgery.  Around 4:00pm Dan and I were able to see Lydia.  

She definitely isn't the little precious we left this morning, but she's on her way back to being that person.  She's heavily sedated and on pain medications to keep her comfortable for the next few days.  There are double the monitors, double the medicines, double the IVs, but it all means she is on the road to recovery and home.  Day by day things will change and she will improve.  Slowly the wires, tubes and IVs will decrease and we'll be able to hold her again.  Before we know it, we'll be home!

I know that there are dozens of people thinking of us and praying for our family each and every day.  Today that was especially true.  Thank you to all of you for your prayers along the way.  Thank you for adding our names to prayer lists, for dedicating Mass in Lydia's, and for asking for prayers from your family and friends.  The toughest day is over and now we will all help her recover with more healing thoughts and prayers.  

"Oh, I believe there are Angels Among Us, 
Sent down to us from somewhere up above. 
They come to you and me in our darkest hours 
To show us how to live 
To teach us how to give 
To guide us with a light of love."
~Alabama