Suzie's Shunt Surgery

Yesterday afternoon we were told that Suzie's shunt surgery is scheduled for Monday at 5:00pm. We were a little bummed that it was put off till next week, but we are grateful that they were able to at least schedule it so early in the week. Suzie has been up and down with her breathing and is retaining fluids a little bit--thus she is gaining too much weight. They are giving her some additional protein to help her absorb her feedings better and our hope is that both her breathing and weight gain would get better once she has recovered from the surgery.

Please join us in praying for a successful surgery and recovery. The surgery should last for about an hour and her recovery will be similar to the recovery from her last surgery. She will have to be intubated and start from scratch on weaning her off of the ventilator and gradually increasing her feedings. She will be sedated for a couple of days as well.

Today, Suzie experienced her first attempt at bottle feeding! The therapist was very pleased with how she did. She is good at rooting and sucking, but needs to get the breathing, sucking, swallowing thing down better. She ate 12 ccs from the bottle and was fed the rest of her feeding through her tube. They will begin to work with her again after her surgery.

We’ll let you know how the surgery goes. Thank you for your support!