Okay, I never thought I would be so excited about a fart. Well…. three farts to be exact. Why am I excited? Because it means that Lyra’s pipes are starting to move again! This means taking one of the tubes out of her nose and being able to ween her off of IV fluids. One happy Mamma!

To catch some of you up, in my last post I mentioned that Lyra needed another surgery. Well, about two days later she stopped being able to keep anything but pedialyte down. While we were able to keep her hydrated, she wasn’t getting any nutrition. On Sunday the decision was made to admit her to the hospital and for her to have surgery ASAP. They tried to fit her in Sunday night, but she ended up not having the surgery until Monday afternoon. Due to some other tests they had to run, she was under anesthesia for over six hours. It was gruelling for Mark and I, but luckily my parents were there to keep us distracted (we will have to have a Hearts rematch later). Lyra did  great during the surgery and has been recovering really well.

Out of surgery she had three tubes. One goes down her left nostril, past her stomach, and past her duodenum We will be using it to feed her now that her intestines are waking up and are moving again (she just started getting 3 mL/hr in that tube). The second one, down her right nostril, was draining fluid from her stomach to reduce pressure on the areas where they performed surgery (they were able to take that tube out this morning). The third tube is her G-tube, which is currently just being used as an additional drain. Once we know she can tolerate her food and things are really working, we will start to feed her through this tube.

Since surgery she has only had to have four or five doses of morphine. Other than that, she has only been on tylenol and ibuprofen for pain (not bad for having your intestines mucked around with). She has had moments of smiling and playing. Her current favorite thing to look at is a giant dragonfly balloon that Grandma brought in yesterday. She has also been sleeping soundly when she sleeps. As I mentioned at the beginning, there are signs that everything is starting to move again! She farted a whole three times! Now we are waiting for her to actually poop…. I have never anticipated someone else pooping so eagerly in my life.

Anyways, the point is, she is recovering well.  She will likely be in the hospital for at least two weeks, but it’s for the best. She is well taken care of here and Mark and she has lots of eager visitors. Thank you everyone who has reached out to offer support.

Lyra right after surgery

Lyra yesterday (I couldn’t resist putting a bow on her)

Lyra today… Good Morning Mommy

(The brace is just so she won’t pull her tube out. She has been trying)

P.S. I do have more photos like the series from her last surgery, I just have to use a different computer because mine is having issues with downloading photographs from my good camera.