On Wednesday, April 22nd, Natalie had surgery. It was an 8 hour surgery, and we were in the surgery room for just about 12 hours that day. She spent the night at Children’s Hospital. Originally we were told that she would be there for 1 to 2 weeks, however, was discharged the next day!
She still needs a lot of cares and is in pretty critical condition, but is doing wonderfully. Even the nurses said this is very rare to be going home this early.
She got the breathing tubes out right after surgery and did well. She was not given any blood due to any bloodloss during the surgery. She began having bottles that night and did not have any troubles with that. The next morning they took out all 4 IV’s with no problems (other than a squirmy baby from all of the tape removal). Since she was just going to be laying in the hospital bed with no machines connected and nothing they could do but wait, they decided to send us home to relax for a few days.
Natalie does have an infection so we’re trying to find her some meds that agree with her stomach. She’s not sleeping well either, but we think that’s also from the upset stomach and the meds. She’s also pretty sore, but it’s mostly from trying to crawl or walk and does too much. Otherwise she’s back to her same, happy self! Thanks be to God!
