I'm calling it complete anyway... it might not be 100% complete from a medical point of view, but the surgery is done and today they closed the incision, so in my mind, Lyra has gotten completely through the first stage of her reconstruction surgery.
Today was pretty quiet. She was of course, given general anesthesia before they closed her incision, so she slept almost the entire day. There were a couple of tense moments when her heart rate shot up over 260 later in the day, but they managed to bring it back down quickly with medication.
In my mind, if these are the little problems she's going to present, at least they're problems that have a known solution. Still, it was a hard day for Maren. Yesterday, Lyra was very interactive, being mostly awake throughout the day, opening her eyes and grasping our hands, but today, with the sedation, she was pretty listless and even though everyone keeps telling us how well she's doing, it's hard not to feel continually concerned and anxious.
Next up for Lyra will be to have her ventillator tube removed. She was being weaned off the ventillator over the course of the day, in preparation for removing it, so hopefully tomorrow or Monday, she'll be allowed to breathe on her own and they may also be able to start feeding her. Maren is determined to breast feed, so she's been a real trooper getting up every 3 to 4 hours to pump.