Recovering Well

The surgery went just as planned. Morgan seems to be recovering well. When she does wake up she cries although you can't hear her because of the ventilator. She is on morphine though to help and is also on fluids. We hope she can soon be weaned from the ventilator. They said her left lung seemed a little flat on her chest x-ray so they have her on her right side to help "fluff" it back out. Morgan has had that happen several times so although it doesn't sound very reassuring, it does work.

On the picture you can see the g-button. It is above her belly button on her left side. This will stay in at least three months. The surgeon explained that if she started taking all bottles, the button would still have to stay in for those months because the area around it needs to tighten around the button so when they do take it out the hole is smaller, which makes it heal easier. The long tube coming from it is where she will get any food that she doesn't eat by mouth.

It is very hard to see her look sick again. We know though that this was her best option and it will be exciting to see her recover and not be uncomfortable from the reflux. Now we just have to wait it out and know that all of this is more temporary than the previous times.