Lyra is holding up her end of the bargain in this venture. She's doing as well as could be expected, her swelling is pretty minimal and they're starting to wean her off some of the medication used to manage her blood pressure. If all goes well over the next few days they should be able to close her incision and possibly remove some of her chest tubes.
The last couple of days have been pretty amazing. The nurses have gotten her all cleaned up, so other than the tubes, she looks a lot better. She's been a lot more interactive, not quite awake, but not fully sedated as she was immediately after surgery. Maren and I have gotten to hold her little hands and have gotten some squeezes back in return. She's tried a bunch of times to open her eyes, but she's not quite there yet.
She's a tough little girl, but sensitive. A lot of times when they try to change things like reduce her medications or move her too much, she responds by dropping her blood pressure, so everything has to be done rather quickly to avoid a prolonged decrease. We're not in any hurry though. We're on her schedule.