Calm 24hrs since surgery!

Sophia has been doing very well the past 24 hours since surgery. The nurses told us that there was one point last night where Sophia got a little angry being evaluated and she got a little more pain and sedation medication to calm her down. Otherwise she did very well. She got the IV line taken out of her left hand that was put in for surgery and her Arterial line was also removed from her right hand. The Arterial Line (used to draw blood for tests and allowed Sophia to not get poked every time they needed to do a test) was the original line that was put in when she was born. It is very common to have these lines replaced frequently and she will most likely have one again at some time during her stay, but it is nice to have this one out for a little while and let Sophia have two free hands.

Her tummy is still a little swollen and the skin is pink around the incision but the doctors are not concerned that it is an infection at this time. They believe that the pink coloration is due to them having to stretch her skin a little to close the incision. They are monitoring it all very closely.

Earlier this morning Sophia did peek at us briefly and then began snoozing again. She is on some pretty good pain meds and they are keeping her sedated to assist with the pain as well. As we get further from the operation she will get less of all the medicines and will be weaned from her ventilator.

The nurses keep telling us that her lungs sound better then they ever have and that they can already tell that her heart is moving back closer to where it should be when they listen to her chest.

The recovery process for Sophia will still be a lengthy process, we don't have any idea yet as to when we'll be heading home it all depends on her and how well she tolerates being weaned from the meds and vent. We have been told that getting her to eat can be the hardest part and can keep babies in the hospitals for a while.