Hey everyone. Chrissy had her surgery Tuesday morning. She had a tracheotomy. She is sedated and doing okay. The procedure itself only took about an hour. Protocol at Texas Children's is for her to be sedated and kept quiet for up to five days. She is on a vent during this time to help regulate her breathing.
She slept most of last night and today. She has been awake more this evening. She is not sure what is happening I think. She is afraid to swallow, so her secretions in her mouth tend to build up and instead of swallowing them, she spits them out! I guess its back to bibs for a while!
She is calm and not upset though. I think she is going to adjust just fine. Her breathing is a LOT better already.
I stayed yesterday and last night with her and this morning. Kevin came around noon and is staying with her tonight. I plan to be back at the hospital in the morning around 5 am, before the ENT surgeon comes in at 6 am! Why do the docs have to come so dang early in the morning!?
Well, that's all for tonight. I will update again tomorrow.
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Angela - I'm so happy you have a blog! :) Will be able to keep up with things more now. I'm glad it went so well for Chrissy. Lots of prayers that she recover well. Give her a kiss from Noah.
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