Zoë is still recovering from her surgery. The actual surgery went very well. Her surgery couldn't have gone better. We had the best case scenario in all aspects of the surgery. Everything went beautifully. Our surgeon checks up on her every day. The specialist that was here actually did other surgeries besides Zoë's and some of those kids were worse off then Zoë.
Zoë still has the breathing tube in. They are trying to wean her off of it. We hope that by tomorrow it is out. She had a lot of surgery done to her and for a long period of time for a little baby. So this is something that was expected, plus she is doing the same things she did when on the nasal prongs and CPAP. She drops her stats but then comes right back up on her own. Yesterday she needed more help to bring up her numbers, but today she is doing most of it on her own. She also gets build up from the breathing tube, so some of the drops in her stats are from this. So they suction her and she does a lot better. She looks better then she did yesterday. She is not as puffy as she was before and seems more at ease. She isn't as mad as she was yesterday. She is on pain meds as she needs them.
The surgeon is waiting for her to heal and get off the ventilator before she can begin to eat again. She did say this can take up to 5 days. Zoë is getting her nutrition by IV. We call this her gatorade and fat. Since one is white and the other looks like lemon-lime gatorade (the original one). We estimate that she can eat again on Sunday.
Once she overcomes this, we are one BIG step closer to being home. Hopefully they remove the breathing tube tomorrow and she goes back on the nasal canulas. We will keep you updated
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