followup

Sophie spent last night in the NICU. Everything from the surgery went fine and she was off the ventilator when she came back from recovery. She has been pretty groggy and mostly just sleeping. But she also seems to startle very easily. I'm not sure if this is from the noisy environment of being back over in the NICU or what. We got to hold her for a while this afternoon, and then she seemed to sleep better.

The surgeon finally came by today to do the follow-up on her after 5pm. He cleared her to start eating again, so over the next 24 hrs they will build her back up to where she was before the procedure. They are giving her pedialyte now, and will take her IV out as soon they can get enough fluids in her through her new feeding button.

Hopefully, tomorrow they'll move her back over to the "step-down" unit again. She can build her strength back up and we can start learning what we have to do to get her home. Stephanie and I are already making mental lists and trying not to get freaked out.