Ainsley- Post Surgery

Good morning friends. God is so good to bring us one more day through this trial. Yesterday was hard, but we can only be so thankful for the outcome of the surgery. Last night I spent a little time with her in the room before I went to bed. She looked a lot better than I expected, but still it was a lot emotionally to take in. Her face was pretty swollen and she has a ventilator breathing for her to give her heart a break while the sutures heal. She also has a drainage tube in the left side right next to where her surgical sight is. Her incision is under her left arm and around to the back. We can't really see it yet. I slept here in the hospital again in the dorm room for mothers of ICU patients. I got a chance to talk with a few of them last night. You could pray for little Jaden, who was born the day after Ainsley at 33 weeks. He got RSV and was so sick that they didn't say he would live, but he's still fighting. I told his mom I would pray for him. Every day is a new day, and a new chance to ask God for the patience and endurance needed. God has already answered prayer this morning. When I went to visit Ainsley, her nurse told me she had a good night, but the new IV they placed in her foot during surgery was already blown. I just felt dread knowing that last time they put one in it took many, many pokes to get it to stay. So I began to pray. After two nurses looked and looked for a good vein, they decided to call one of the ICN nurses from the Neonatal unit upstairs. These are the nurses that cared for her from Wed. to Sat. She came down and was able to find a good vein. I was so thankful that they didn't poke around at her, but called down help. Today you could just continue to pray that her IV's will last as long as she needs them for her medications, which the doctor thinks will only be for a few more days. You could also pray that her blood pressures remain in the acceptable range. She has a small variance between her upper and lower pressures and if they get to be a 20 point variance then that could indicate that there are some issues. On a great note, she began moving around last night, which means that there is no paralysis. Because the aorta is close to the nerves running to the spine, that was a risk. They nurse has told us that they will be taking her off the ventilator today and they are already weaning her from it and she is tolerating it well. Bye for now.

-Jen