Snuggles Again!

Dear Charli,
On Saturday after surgery you came off the ventilator and your mommy and I were able to hold you. The favorite part of our day is snuggling you!




You no longer had the vent tube, but now you had a feeding tube. The feeding tube is the white tube in your nose. It contained your Mommy's milk but it emptied into your lower intestines, below the surgery site, not into your tummy. Your doctors wanted to be sure your lower intestines worked properly, and your surgery site had to heal before any food
could go through it.






I love the look on your Mommy's face every time she holds you. There is so much love there!





I can't wait to bring you home!
Love,
Grammy

Post Surgery

Dear Charli,

Your surgery was Thursday morning and Friday night you still had not awakened. Although we were concerned by this, doctors were not alarmed. Your nurses encouraged us to try to waken you Friday night.  I video recorded you trying to waken, but no success.





You were a bit puffy, especially in your face, after surgery. The nurses explained you were retaining fluid after surgery.


All the extra tape on your face was to keep all your tubes and wires in place. You have a new tube after surgery, one hooked up to a ventilator to help you breathe. By Friday night you still weren't breathing on your own. Your doctor hoped to be able to wean you off the ventilator by Saturday.




We couldn't hold you while you were on the ventilator. We could stand by your bed and talk to you and touch you though.


 



You would open your eyes just far enough to peek at us but you didn't fully waken Friday.



Hoping to hold you soon!
Love,
Grammy