Recovery Day 3 Update

Lily is doing well and still in the PICU at the Cleveland Clinic. They began weening her off the ventilator overnight and they want to remove the breathing tube today. Her chest tubes were removed yesterday and a follow up chest x-ray looked good. We also found out that the echo-cardiogram given after surgery looked better than the one given immediately after the repair. We were told that the leak had lessened.

She is starting to become more alert and active as they reduce the sedation and pain medication. During rounds, it was also mentioned that they would try and remove one of the other lines today as well. Kim will probably be spending the night with Lily tonight and I will be staying here tomorrow before returning to work on Monday.

Kim and I are both very pleased with the care she is receiving here at the Cleveland Clinic. There is a very large team that do rounds in the morning and there is a nurse in the room quite often. Gwyneth also seems to be doing fine after getting the antibiotic for her UTI.