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1st chance I've had to be on a 'puter since my original post - this is coming at you from my sons house on Ft Story in Va. Lilah had open heart surgery on Friday night - the surgeons started working on her about 7pm and didn't finish until 1am or so on Sat morning. She had to have a artery repaired which runs from her right lung to her heart - it hadn't developed properly while she was "in the hopper" - which was fine while there, but once on her own - became a issue.
She has made remarkable progress - chest drain tubes removed, naval line and arterial catheters, resperator all removed. She was awake yesterday for about 1 hr - the 1st time since 8am on Fri morning, when she was put under so the docs could run the tests which led to the surgery. She isn't out of the woods yet - still has some heavy duty recovery to do - possibly in the ICU for 2 wks minimum, depends on how fast nerves which run along thru that section of the body recover - these control her ability to nurse.
Thanks for all the prayers - much appreciated.
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