Eden had a MRI of her brain today. They are checking to make sure there isn't anything going on because of the lack of oxygen at birth. The results were good which they were expecting because of the way Eden has been acting with her movements and reflexes. They were able to remove her drain from the right side because it was no longer putting out any fluid, this is the drain from the tumor on the outside of her liver the one they were able to cut out and cauterize. The other drain is still putting out fluid but the input is still decreasing so the surgeon isn't concerned about it. They also pulled out her pee catheter, and she has even had two dirty diapers (which means her bowls are starting to work after the shock of surgery). So all in all she is doing really good.
They are hoping to get her off the ventilator soon, she is on the lowest settings and all of her blood gases have come back good. They also removed her dressing over her surgery wound, it was alot larger than we had expected, we didn't know they were going to cut her vertically, but with having to get up to her liver I'm sure they had cut a little higher. But the wound looked good no signs of infection. It looks like she might have a pretty good scar, the nurse did tell us that babies wounds heal surprisingly well. Lets cross our fingers.
Eden had a MRI of her brain today. They are checking to make sure there isn't anything going on because of the lack of oxygen at birth. The results were good which they were expecting because of the way Eden has been acting with her movements and reflexes. They were able to remove her drain from the right side because it was no longer putting out any fluid, this is the drain from the tumor on the outside of her liver the one they were able to cut out and cauterize. The other drain is still putting out fluid but the input is still decreasing so the surgeon isn't concerned about it. They also pulled out her pee catheter, and she has even had two dirty diapers (which means her bowls are starting to work after the shock of surgery). So all in all she is doing really good. 
They are hoping to get her off the ventilator soon, she is on the lowest settings and all of her blood gases have come back good. They also removed her dressing over her surgery wound, it was alot larger than we had expected, we didn't know they were going to cut her vertically, but with having to get up to her liver I'm sure they had cut a little higher. But the wound looked good no signs of infection. It looks like she might have a pretty good scar, the nurse did tell us that babies wounds heal surprisingly well. Lets cross our fingers.
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