Day 13: All Sewn Up

Today Dr. Ilbawi closed up Evie's breastbone. They had closed her skin after the surgery, but left the breastbone open in case they needed to do anything else in her chest, and also because swelling can occur. It took about 20 minutes and they did it at her bedside.

While I was there today, she was awake and was very interested in watching people walking by in the hallway. This is the Evie we know best: she's gotta see everything going on around her! Remember, the visiting nurse who took care of her post-op last March nicknamed her "Miss Nosetta" because she's such a busybody!

Here is Evie giving me her best "What are you waiting for, Mom - get me outta here" look:

Today her nurse noticed that her urine was a bit cloudy, so she sent a sample for analysis. Dr. VanBergen put her back on gentamicin (a strong antibiotic) just in case she has any infections. She had no fever, so that's a good sign.

Tomorrow should be another day of weaning medications and monitoring, and on Friday the doctors plan to remove her from the ventilator. I know she will be thrilled to have that tube out of her throat!

Gavin has behaved wonderfully for all of his babysitters over the last 13 days, but not so well for me. Poor thing, he just doesn't understand where Evie is and I can tell he still misses her like crazy. On top of that, he got another tooth today. I just can't wait until my "wonder twins" are united again!