RobertsFamilyBlog

Praise the Lord. Kahlia is out of surgery and is now in the PICU. She is not out of the woods yet by any means, but she is doing well according to all the doctors. She has woken up briefly several times, and looks like she is in a lot of pain, but then they give her more medicine, and she relaxes and goes back to sleep. No sound comes out because of her breathing tube, but she looked like she wanted to cry a couple of minutes ago, and she looked like she was hurting really bad. So hard to see her this way as her little eyes look up at you and probably wonder what is going on. She did her drink sign with her hand - she's thirsty - I'm sure the breathing tube down her throat is not much fun for her. :-( It was hard to see her for the first time after surgery - we knew what to expect and were well prepared by the doctors, but it still doesn't completely prepare you for what you see and feel. It was over whelming, the tears came once again as we looked at our precious little girl hooked up to so many machines, tubes, gadgets, etc. She's a little fighter though, and we are so very proud of her. This will probably be a long night for us as she learns to adjust to her newly functioning heart, but what a blessing that she is doing well right now. There was a risk of needing a pace maker long term, and that will not be the case - praise the Lord. We felt everyone's prayers today - it was a long and stressful day, but we are amazed at the out pouring of love and encouragement we have received by those we know and even those we don't. I will probably post more later, we are tired and ready to go eat dinner.