Surgery Update

Mae's laminectomy was a big success this morning! Thanks to Dr. Mangano and Dr. Infinger, her neurosurgeons, and the rest of her surgical team. She is now resting comfortably in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. 

She was a good girl leading up to the surgery despite not being able to eat or drink anything. For no particular reason at all she really liked her anesthesiologist and kept reaching for him to hold her! They laid her on a warming blanket called a Bair Hugger that fills with hot air to warm the body and help regulate temperature before, during, and after surgery. As you can see from the picture below she loved it!

She also received pre-meds that made her drowsy prior to receiving full anesthesia which made her extra smiley and goofy. We got to walk with her down the hallway and said goodbyes at the OR door. We had some kind friends visit with us as we waited and before we knew it the surgery was finished.

If all goes according to plan, we will spend the next 3 days in the PICU and then will be transferred to the Neurosurgery floor and should be discharged on Sunday. It might be an interesting few days we have ahead of us as she is supposed to lay flat on her back for at least 72 hours!

Thanks for all of the encouraging messages, thoughts and prayers. We are all feeling the love!