Surgery #2: Day 3 Post-Op

Avery was moved to the step-down unit today...to what is called the IMC Unit, where we were at just before they took her back into sugery. Her arterial line was removed, as was one of her peripheral IVs. They also removed the drain from her head and stitched the opening closed. They had to remove her head bandages to do that of course, so we got to see her battle scars today. I can't believe how great she looks! Really, it is amazing. She has almost no swelling and no fluid pockets between her scalp and skull. She has still been pretty sedated today so she slept a lot. She has awoken several times, but she mostly fusses when that happens. She is still arching her backing and crying/breath holding, but not as bad as before. I think she just has a bit of a temper and is probably reacting to the pain and the "newness" of her world. She also was restarted on feeds today...so we are one step further down the road of recovery. I am headed back over to spend the night with her here very shortly...just want to give all of you a quick update. Please keep praying that the recovery continues to go smoothly and we don't see any of those unwanted things...so far so good. Thanks for everything. Hugs from Baltimore!