Post Surgery

Eden had the PDA surgery and everything went very well. It took only 15 minutes for the actual procedure and she is now recovering nicely. We got to see her around 5:30 today post surgery. She looks peaceful but it was a little scary for me to see her so still from the sedation that she was given. I guess I should keep in mind that it is better to see her like that than to see her in pain. The incision is under her arm between some ribs. It is only about 1.5 cm but it looks big on her! Right now she has a chest tube in the incision to drain any excess fluids. That should come out in 24 to 48 hours then she should be able to transfer back to St. Joe's to be with her sister.

Holland had a really awesome day today. She is being weaned off of Dopamine and is holding her blood pressure up nicely. The humidity in her isolette was turned off and her body temp has been steady as well. Her platelette counts have been stable without having to receive any transfusions since Monday. Today the line in her belly button was taken out and a PIC line was put in and worked great with just one attempt. I was very happy about that because I just hate when they have to be poked! The nurses at St. Joe's have been really supportive, compassionate, and thorough in their care of our babies. Holland has had the same nurse pretty consistently during the day and we feel really secure leaving Holland in Ruthann's care. She is great!