Little Savannah had her surgery yesterday and everything went very well! It turned out to be a diaphragmatic hernia, so surgeons went through her belly, had to bring down the loop of small intestine and part of her liver that had crept through the hole in her diaphragm and squished her right lung. The hole was repaired, and Savannah's belly looks a bit distended due to swelling and the rearranging of her intestines to prevent further growth problems with them.
Both the doctor and the surgeons were confident that Savannah would be moving forward in no time at all, and the NICU doctor has been extremely impressed with Savannah for treading water so successfully all this time as she grew for surgery, and feels that she'll be very healthy when she comes home with us.
We're hopeful this will only be about another six weeks - but we'll have to wait and see, pray for no further problems, and keep our faith.
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I just wanted to offer a quick update to those that don't follow Savannah's carepage: She's been extubated after nearly two months on the breathing vent, and is getting a little help with pressure (called the PEEP), but the actual act of breathing, she's doing on her own for over 24 hours now. She's doing really well, and we just may have her home before too long after all :)
Angie & family,
Just wanted to let folks know that Savannah is doing well...growing and moved to a "big girls" room last night to make room for another preemie coming in - she will probably have the feeding tube taken out before long - and be able to be bottle fed - Happy Day!
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