Urgent Update

Our morning started off great spending some time with our baby girl. She is such a beauty!!! Nayeli is doing great, they are planning on weaning her off of the ventilator in the next day or so. They also stopped her morphine drip and are now allowing Nayeli to tell them when she needs some medicine by making her "boo boo" face. She ended her morphine drip on the lowest setting, at 7 mcg. Now, when she needs some medicine due to expected surgery pain, the nurses are giving her .32 mcg. This dosage is given to her every 4 hours.

While I was typing this, one of Nayeli's Dr's came in and she looked pretty serious. Both of our hearts stopped because we have became familar with this "medical facial expression." She told us Nayeli has fluid in her chest between her lungs and heart on the left side of her chest (surgery side). She said they do x-rays almost every day and noticed this build up today. The Dr. said they suspect the fluid is one of two types of fluid. The first, and likely the cause, is fluid from the surgery. The second, could be a form of lymhpatic fluid that builds up due to nutrient "fluid diet" they are giving her. One way or the other, they have to tap her chest, take the fluid out, and send it to the lab for testing to determine what type of fluid it is. If it is surgery related fluid, they will monitor it and drain as needed. If it is caused by Nayeli's diet, they will change her diet to make the fluid build up stop. The Dr. said they have to determine if Nayeli needs a permanent tap until further notice. The biggest concern, which scared us both to death, is that the fluid started pushing on Nayeli's lungs and also started to push her heart back to the right side of her chest. The Dr. said she will tap Nayeli's chest and continue to monitor her. She said she will have more answers for us in a few hours, and at the longest, definitive answers by tomorrow morning. Lastly, the Dr. said she was not worried about this and said it is common and easy to deal with.

Please pray this doesnt become more serious than it already is. Liz and I are now on pins and needles even if the Dr. said she is not worried. Luckily, the hospital found a room to board us in tonight so we can stay as close as possible to our daughter.

More to follow.