Dear friends,
Thank you for all your prayers.
Lizzie went though open heart surgery on Friday 4th Nov - starting at around 9:00am.
After 9 hours she was out and taken to the pediatric ICU at National University Hospital.
She remained under sedation, and her chest was left open to allow swelling to subside - with her exposed heart protected by a piece of plastic dressing.
On Sunday 6th Nov in the evening the surgeons managed to successfully close her chest after having drained about 1L of accumulated fluid from her abdomen.
Today Monday 7th Nov, Lizzie though still heavily sedated has started to open her eyes and struggle to move her body more and more. At this point the doctors are looking to tail down the sedation, remove her breathing tube and also start chest physio tomorrow.
Hopefully then she'll be able to fully regain consciousness soon.
Here are some pictures of Z the evening BEFORE the surgery.
God Bless,
Elaine
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