Nurse shift-change=perfect time to wrap-up the day

Man, its been a long day!  Long, but pretty darn good under the circumstances.  We woke little Iver's up at about 6am to get to PCMC by 7 and she was of course super happy.  She was a perfect angel when she got vital's checked and measurements taken, and she was super excited about her spiffy operation jammies and yellow "sticky" socks.

 She loved the toys in the waiting room and didn't really want to be away from them, but when the anesthesiologist came to get her for the surgery, she went without any crying or squirming or complaining.  She is such a sweet girl.  It was hard for us to say goodbye to her, but she willingly gave hugs and kisses and we watched her be wheeled away in her little wagon.

 We waited in the surgery waiting room for 7 1/2 hours.  Luckily the docs called with plenty of updates and we had lots of entertainment.  Scott played games on the iPad and did tons of homework, while I made Ivy an amigurumi Ariel doll (check out the sweet diggs below).  We also had Gma and Gpa Floyd there to visit for a while, and Gma Marde stayed home with our other kids, taking them to swimming lessons and to Macy's (and probably did lots of other cool things).

 We finally got to see sweet Ivy at about 4pm.  She opened her eyes right as we got to her bedside and immediately informed us that she needed a drink (and continued to inform us every time she woke up), but no drinks allowed so soon after surgery.  Poor girl.  She had a lot more blood drainage than they expected for the first little while in the CICU (cardiac intensive care unit), but its stabilized now.

 All of her vitals look great!  Including her oxygen saturations (the blue 94), we've NEVER seen that number so high!  We had to get a picture of that for evidence!

 Her many meds (although three of them weren't actually being administered at the time, they are there on an as needed basis).  She's doing so well!

 Her temperature started to go up, which they tell us is normal.  So she got a cool rag on her head and they let us give her a popsicle which "tasted redish/pinkish" according to her.  It kind of satisfied her a little, but she's still begging for water!  But the rag and popsicle are helping her temperature go back down.  She also complained about "hurting" so she was given some morphine for pain just as we were leaving for the nurse shift-change.

 She is still so cute and pleasant (even though she really wants that water, and no one is giving it up).  The nurses are doting on her and feel lucky to have our cute girl as a patient.  What a sweetheart!

Thanks to everyone that prayed or thought about our little girl today.  We appreciate all the love we've received.