Surgery #2: Day 2 Post-Op News

Avery has done very well today. They removed her breathing tube at about 1:00 today. She didn't have any trouble with that. She was on an additional blow-by of oxygen right after, but her blood gases were so good a couple hours later that she is not on any extra oxygen now. She is doing it all and well on her own. YEAH! She had woken several times. Some of them were content periods and some of them were crying periods. But she has calmed well and quited with a push of her pain pump. She looks great. The swelling is really very minimal. She can open both eyes. Following the first surgery, her left eye was swollen shut by this time. Dr. Kossoff (her neurologist) was really impressed with how well she looked today. He is feeling pretty positive with her recovery. We also saw a couple other neurologists who also seem to think things are going well so far. One said that he had just come from a conference with Dr. Jallo and that Dr. Jallo was "pleased as punch"...so we are praying that things continue to go so well. It is possible that she will get moved to the Intermediate Care Unit tomorrow sometime. So far we have not seen any of the you-know-whats; we are cautiously optimistic. They will turn her head to midline tomorrow and she will likely get to lost the catheter and that arterial line in her groin. Please pray that things continue to go well and that she is free of the mean things. In any case, we are so glad to be on the road to recovery from this surgery. She is such a tough little girl. We are amazed at her strength. Jon, Caiden and I are working through our colds. Caiden is doing much better and I am at least no worse. Jon is dealing with a very stuffy head. Hopefully, in a couple days, we will all be well past it. I know Caiden is wanting to see Avery so badly at this point. Mom and Dad P got off at the airport OK and should be home by now I expect. Hopefully they can get everyone in Florida updated on their perspective of this surgery soon. We just finished dinner here. Caldwell Bankers made dinner for the families here in the house. That was so very nice. Actually, there are very often dinners for the families put on by various groups. I think this week there is only 1 day that a dinner has not been provided. It is such a blessing to be here and to have such great support. Well, I don't kknow much more. I will continue to keep you all updated. Thanks for all the wonderful emails today. You are all so kind and wonderful to us. We love you.