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Operation Day

I’m starting this post from the moment I opened my eyes at 5:15am I just stared at our beautiful little girl praying that today was the day she was going to have the operation that will be the making of her. I got dressed packed the campbed away and then Braiden come at 6am then followed was my mam & dad, jade, nanny Lyn and Emma all come to be there for us both and Mireya. They was there the day she was born and all there for another big day in our little miracles life.
At 7:55am the nurse come for us to take Mireya to the theatre every kissed her and then we walked to the theatre me and braiden took our baby girl in. I sat her on my knee and a mask was placed over her mouth and nose and within 20 seconds she was a asleep we laid her on the bed &  both give her a kiss  and then walked out. It was the hardest thing we have ever had to do walk away and leave our little girl there. We went back to the ward got our things and took them to the car until we get our parents room. The operation is gonna be between 5-6hours and then 2 hours after we can’t see her while they settle he in the intensive care unit and do chest x-rays and scans.
It’s been 3 hours now and we have had breakfast and now in Starbucks gonna have a look around we’re struggling to know what to do to keep ourselves occupied but we couldn’t wish for better support to be with us.
6 hours later after leaving our girl we got the phone call from the surgeon the operation was a success and they closed the holes completely. We had to wait another 40 mins before we could see her but that soon come round. We walked in to the intensive care room to 4 nurses/doctors around her checking her over watching things and making her very comfortable.
They was going to try taking the ventilator off and let her wake up at 7pm but her body is retaining fluid and not going to the places it needs to so she is on C-Pap helping her breath but her own breathing is very good and they have stopped the fluid so it can go to the places where the body needs it. So on the ward round at 10pm they will decide if there gonna wake her up tonight or leave her to rest and do it first thing tomorrow.
So the doctors have decided to keep her asleep tonight and let her body rest and heel a little more as it’s been a big hole to close and wake her at some point tomorrow. We are all absolutely exhausted and emotional drained so gonna try and get some sleep now and see what tomorrow brings.
Our baby girl has done so well and we are very proud of her and she is definitely a little fighter and we can’t wait for her to wake up and give us a little smile.

Thank you once again for all well wishes and support it really does mean a lot.
Waiting to go for operation 

In the anaesthetic room 

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