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Surgery was a success! (so far) The two procedures lasted a total of about 7.5 hours from start to finish. The had to go in on her right side (underarm) move the heart and lung out of the way and remove 5 discs from her spine. (They had begun to fuse together with the progression of the Scoliosis rendering her spine 'not flexible' for the second procedure) That procedure lasted about 1.5 hours. The rest of the surgery was to go in through her back, realign her spine using pins, rods, and screws (from what was told to me) to reduce the curvature of 80+% to around 20-25%. The whole surgery was a true success. She was sent to recovery where my sister and brother-in-law were able to go in and see her when they woke her up. She was saying she felt 'sore' but that was it.. and then complained she was hungry :) She is currently in PICU (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit) where she was expected to be for about 48-72 hours, however, based on her responses to everything from the surgery to recovery to the PICU, she may actually be in a regular room tomorrow afternoon.. :) Awesome!!! Thank you to all who kept her in your thoughts and prayers.
With Much Love To All...
~AngL~
