Our Strong Little Lady

The rollercoaster of a week last week brought us much anxiety and uncertainty, however Emersyn is recovering well from her surgery and the staff feels good about her progress thus far. The original plan (as of Sunday morning) was to leave her on the vent for a few days while she recovered and continued to receive the fentanyl for pain management. However, Emmie expedited things when she decided to remove her vent tube and try to take it out all by herself. She is now on the high¬¬-flow cannula and breathing very well. The doctors and nurses continue to be impressed with her very strong lungs and all think that she knew she’d be better off without the vent earlier than they expected. Since yesterday morning they have removed her arterial line, the oral gastro tube, catheter and her intra-venous line. So now she has the ability to move her arms a bit more freely and keep them close to her face which she really likes.


The last two days were great for Emmie to rest and be held during kangaroo care time which is so great for both mommy and Emmie. As is usually the case and par for the rollercoaster ride, this morning we came in to find that Emmie’s incision from her surgery has opened up. The surgeons intentionally didn’t stitch her up too tightly during her surgery last week knowing they would have to re-enter through that site when they put her plumbing back together in 6 – 8 weeks. However, this loose stitching gave room for it to re-open. As for now, we are not clear on what the plan is going forward, but are pretty sure that it will involve just keeping a close eye on the site for infection and changing her dressings daily. We’ve been told that babies just have a way of healing from this and so we wait and watch.

It is our prayer that she’ll heal quickly and stave off infection from setting in and hopefully, she’ll be able to start feeding soon!!! We continue to be impressed by our little girl’s stamina and strength. It is evident to us that this little girl is covered in protection and prayer and we trust that the Lord must have BIG plans for her to bring her through such a bumpy road so early in her life. We feel blessed to be witnesses to watching our beautiful little girl grow and impress doctors and nurses alike. She is so much stronger than we are. We are simply AMAZED!

We love you all and thank you for your support.

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