Abby Gayle's surgery went great yesterday, 10/21/09, and has been on the mend. The nurse said that she is right on track with where she should be in her recovery. She was on the ventilator at my visit this morning (as the picture shows). However, during Tony's lunchtime visit, they were taking her off of it and allowing her to breathe on her own. YEAH!!! One less tube! Now, maybe soon, we can hold and rock her! (If you were wondering, the yellow thing on her ear is an earmuff!)
Now we wait for the stomach & intestines to do their thing! She will not be able to feed until her stomach kicks in. She will have a tube down her mouth that drains the stomach & intestines. As the color of the drainage turns from green to clear, we will know that she is progressing. Once her bowel sounds start, they can start giving her formula. This process can take 10 days or 3 weeks! We will just let her little body take its time & cheer her on each step of the way! She is a trooper & a little fighter! We are just praying God's hand on her and everything will happen in His time!
Thank you for your prayers & support! We have felt every singe bit of it! Please continue to pray for her strength & that she is not attacked by any infection or anything that affects this recovery process. God has been so good to us through this whole process & we trust his continued guidance!
Love to you all!
She is so adorable, Sheila and I are sitting here reading your blog instead of working ;)
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