Surgery Results

Just a quick update to let everyone know the results of Lily's surgery. She was taken to the O.R. at 7:00am. We waited patiently in the waiting room for 5 hours, when the surgeon came out and asked to speak with us. He was happy to tell us that everything went according to plan and that there were no surprises. He thought it went very well and her heart accepted the changes which were made to it. Her body has reacted nicely to the surgery. At that point she had already been pumping her heart on her own for 45min. The surgeon did say, to not relax quite yet because the next 24hrs are still critical in her recovery, so we are still praying, but we are more relaxed knowing the operation went well. We didn't get to see her for about another hour until they wheeled her by on her bed. She was very pale. It was still about an hour before we got to go into the Pediatric ICU where she is recovering. The doctors in the PICU said she is as good as it gets after having this type of complicated surgery. They affirmed that she is very stable - considering what she went through. I won't post any pictures because, one I don't have the time right now, and two, some people might not want to see her with so many tubes, wires, and other monitors hooked up to her. They also leave her chest open for 2 to 3 days until the swelling goes down. The skin is sewed back together, but her sternum is yet to be connected. She looks pretty good considering all she has been through. Lily is such a strong little girl and I know she is going to make it through.