two weeks old.

Today Darla Jane turned two weeks old. And to celebrate she got the incision closed from surgery. Which is exciting. It means that she is doing well and that the swelling in her body is gone. We were told they usually close the incision 3-5 days after surgery and hers was closed 2 days after. yea! The day or two after the incision is closed she needs to be watched just as closely as the days after surgery because of the pressure change that can occur. But she has been stable since this afternoon and they are working on slowly weening her off of her ventilator too! She is opening her eyes more now too and is a bit more responsive. She is still pretty medicated but it is nice to at least see her respond to some stimulations like touch or noise. They also removed one of the lines that was going in through her belly button. But take one down and add another. She will need a feeding tube put in, hopefully for just a little while. They tried to get it in today and weren't able to so they will try again tomorrow. She isn't able to begin the feeding through the tube yet they we just trying to place it while she was sedated from the procedure today.