We are on to day two post-surgery! We are happy to say that there is not much in the way of exciting news to give! They are slowly weening Maizy off her ventilator, and we were told that the plan is to sew up her chest Sunday morning. They said that the procedure would be a bit later in the morning because the surgeon likes to go to church first and then come in. I see no problem with that at all!!!!
All of Maizy's readings are good and she is getting stronger everyday, she did however try to wake up last night prior to our leaving for the evening...yeah that's not the best idea baby girl, you need to stay a alseep just a bit longer! So they gave her some medicine that got her back to where she needed to be in regard to sedation.
I am also proud to say that today Maizy will get to the learn the tradition that Piper and I started 2 years ago. That tradition is watching the Tour de France! When Piper was a newborn she had a tendency to not sleep whenever the rest of the world slept, so we would watch the Tour de France live on television. Apparently the start time in France is about 3 am central time in Kansas!
Mommy isn't nearly as pumped as daddy for the beginning of our tradition, but I am sure she will warm up to it, I mean come on who doesn't love watching hours of grown men ride bicycles through the french countryside....well I know I do!
It is also worth note that today and tomorrow is the Color Run 5k in KC, it's a race to benefit the Ronald McDonald House which we of course will be lifetime supporters. We were asked to be a focus family for the race, which meant that wanted to use our story and have us be at the race to speak with people and participate. As you know Traci and I are both runners (and its notable Piper will not walk anywhere unless you say "Ready, set, go!" and she can race daddy or mommy) and we were very excited to participate and share our story. However we will not be able to make it simply because of Maizy having recently had surgery and we want to be with her. So if any of you are doing the Color Run ( we know some who are, Retters and Kuekers!) then thank you for supporting the Ronald McDonald House, we may not eat Ronald's food, but we love him for giving us the ability to be so close to Maizy!
I hope this finds all of you happy and healthy!
I'll keep you guys in my prayers. Excellent tradition though. I'm kind of am anti roadie...but still like the Tour. I even have a DVD of ” The Big Six” that highlighted the texan's first six glory moments. It's fun. My heart is on some distant winding, rocky, gnarly trail though.
ReplyDeleteHang in there Maizy.
Ed Sanderson