I took a couple of pictures right after Eden got out of surgery. These aren't the easiest pictures to look at, but we were kind of prepared for how she would look since we've been down this road before with Emerson's TE Fistula. This being said, it's still very difficult to look at her recovery after open heart surgery.
The doctor said the next few hours will be critical. She will go thru a little stress about 6 hours after the surgery, but this is usual after all surgeries like this.
Right now Eden has two chest tubes for drainage, is on the ventilator, has several lines pumping medicine directly to her heart and they have a non-evasive strip on her head which monitors O2 in the blood to the head. Besides several different types of "lines" for various medicines, nutrients and the kitchen sink, they have a blood pressure cuff on her leg.
Right now her O2 is lower than they would like, but it is trending upward and looks normal for this stage of recovery and her blood pressure is a little low. Again, we are told these numbers are all typical for this stage of recovery
Again, we are so grateful for everyone's support and prayers and are so thankful our little Eden is getting better. Keisa will post a few pictures with the entire family shortly.
6 comments:
Thank you for starting this blog and keeping us all informed of little Eden's progress! We are glad her surgery went better than hoped for. We pray her recovery continues to go well.
Love, the Dipadova family
P.S. Captain CTR- you are an excellent blogger!
Lots of love and prayers to your family from ours. We are so happy things went well today.
Love, Suzy & Mike Lee
A favorite song of mine from Kenneth Cope, an LDS artist:
Born in the fall of '92
On the evening of a crimson moon
Bringing paradise to all we knew
We named her Eden
It wasn't long before her soul would wake
Nature blooming in her face
We cleared for her a garden place
And called it Eden
All for Eden
Halos 'round her chestnut hair
And midnight eyes that take us there
We wonder how we ever fared
To care for Eden
Born in a land of briers and thorns
Torn by hate and drowned in war
We would feel the earth bow down and mourn
And cry for Eden
She cries for Eden
So we plant and tend
And watch her changing
Waiting on the Vine
Never trifling with the giving of our time
Then the Master of the Harvest
Turns our watering into wine
Sweetest joy of our lives
Eden's Garden
An angel has come to stay with us
Play with us
Pray with us
A little child shall lead them
And though we know she won't belong to us
She's here to teach her song to us
Eden
Our eyes on Eden
We look to Eden
We live for Eden.
We are happy to see things are going better than planned. Our prayers and thoughts go to sweet Eden and your family.
Love Dustin and Amber Murphy
We are so glad to see that things are going well for Eden. Thoughts and prayers for these two sweet girls (Eden, and Bela) reside in my heart all day long... What beautiful, tender little fighters we have here.
So much love to you guys,
Dallas and Krista
You are such an AWESOME example of strength to all of us. MIRACLES do happen and it is so neat to see it unfolding in your family. We fasted and prayed for little Eden and we are so thankful she is blessed and doing well. Captain CTR---Are you ready for some competition? Kalyn, my daughter asked if there was a Captain CTW---Yes, Captain "Choose the Wrong." What can you expect from a 7 year old. Hang in there. We are praying for you.
Love, the DeSpain Family
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