Surgery went well

Claire's surgery went very well yesterday. We were able to see her about an hour and a half after the surgery started, so the wait wasn't too long. I was sad to see her on the ventilator and laying so still, but I guess this is a good warm up for her OHS in a few months.

She was taken off the vent around 10 am today, so just under 24 hours, which was what the Drs told us to expect. We tried to give her a bottle at her 1 pm feeding but she was still too tired to nipple, so the nurse inserted a NG tube and fed her that way. We'll try another bottle at her 5 pm care. Hopefully she'll be more awake for that one.

If everything goes well, we should be out of the hospital in a couple of days. All Claire needs to do is eat and pass her car seat test and we'll (finally) be on our way home!

Surgery tomorrow

Claire is going to have surgery tomorrow to close her PDA. They gave her ibuprofen over the last three days to try and close it, but it didn't work. The PDA got a little smaller, but since we live so far away from this hospital the Drs felt more comfortable closing it before we go home.

I'm feeling very calm about the surgery. This seems so minor compared to what we have coming up with the AVSD that I'm just not worried at all. I'm confident that closing the PDA will help her heart function better and that it will give her every opportunity to grow and thrive before the OHS. She is in His hands and I know that is the perfect place for her to be!