CLOSING UP SHOP!!! (or chest)

What a day!!!

This morning we arrived at the end of the procedure to close back up Maizy's little chest.  They had left it open to accomodate any swelling, and all was looking good!  We actually were told by the nurse at the nursing station that they would come get us when the procedure was completely done, and that it was just about finished up.  So Traci and I went and sat in the waiting room...after about any hour I was fairly certain they had neglected to tell us they were done, especially since we saw the surgeon when we arrived this morning, and he said it went great and that they were getting the area cleaned up.

So we went ahead and went back in...lo and behold they were done!  I was a bit irritated but that was quickly subdued by seeing little Maizy looking much better, and slimmer might I add.  The open chest made her look really broad, we actually commented that she appeared to be built like an Olympic swimmer...very broad chested....in case you were wondering we have in fact been watching the Olympic trials.

So the next order of business was to start weaning her off the ventilator, they switched it to a different mode that allowed her to start working on taking her own breaths, but still being aided by the machine.  She is doing great!  She actually started to wake up fairly soon after the procedure when the took her off sedation...(on a side note they gave her a paralytic during the procedure today...I thought paralytics only were real in the movies...in fact they are very real.  That would make for a terrible practical joke if you had some of that stuff..."suprise you are paralyzed!!")

She would peek at us every once in while and she really started moving too!  It was great for mom and dad to see her little eyes again!!

At one point this evening she was really moving around, straining and looking generally uncomfortable, the night nurse was certain she was in pain/uncomfortable.  So she got her something to take the edge off, however it was a suppository, and when she took off the diaper Maizy showed her exactly what she was straining/acting uncomfortable about...she rocked out a giant turd (I believe "Rocking out a giant turd" is in fact the scientific term.")  So the nurse cleaned her up and prepared to do all of the suppository business again...so what did Maizy do?  That's right she rocked out another turd.  She is definitely my kid.

Piper is doing well, she went to great grandma Dodo's today and got to play, and she will be back tomorrow night!  While she won't be able to see her baby sister quite yet, we are making great progress and she will see her soon!

Hoping this finds you all healthy and happy!