Friday, August 24, 2012

Lucy is Better

Lucy is rocking it out today! She was able to have all but one IV removed. Her drainage tube is out and she is just left with two monitors.

She has also been eating out of a bottle really well! Lucy is doing so well they almost moved us to the transitional unit today, but the doctor wanted one more night here and plan to move her tomorrow.

Lucy is a little puffy and they did give her a dose of diuretics. Puffiness is expected after surgery. Each hour she looks better and better. They really tried to not put too much tape on her as she is for sure allergic to tape and band aids. Luckily her red marks seem to disappear quickly.

The only thing we have to get use to is now we need to pick her up by her butt and head only - no arm pit grabs because of her surgery incision. That will take some practice. Also we can't burp her like normal until it heals - so that will take practice as well.

We are so happy that we are moving quickly into recovery - now we just need to find out what it will take to get her home!