Amanda and I spent a lot of the day today at Audreys side in the CICU with huge hopes of seeing her shed some of the aftermath of the surgery. They told us yesterday that they werent quite sure how long it would take her to shake off the anesthesia and begin to regain activity. They explained that it takes some kids as much as a day or two. Apparently Audrey is on the longer side of that timeframe. She is still very sleepy and still had the full arsenal of IV's, ventilator, and medications going strong. They did a test of her breathing this afternoon but she wasnt ready to breathe on her own without assistance yet. They were able to take out the one chest tube so that was one baby step forward. We had to leave to get Avery and Ryan in the late afternoon without seeing very much change in her condition from the morning.
I went back this evening in hopes that after another test on her breathing they would be able to get her off the ventilator but after trying once again she was still not ready to go on her own. That was heartbreaking for me to see as I cant stand seeing that tube down her throat more than any of the others. The nurse said they will try again around 2am tonight so I am really really hoping that she'll get it going.
Below are a few pics from the past few days...
- Mark
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