19 months

Here's a quick shot from last night, the first time Mia opened her eyes since coming out of the surgery 9 hours earlier. The anesthesia hit her pretty hard, and I can only assume that recovery from surgery is a massive drain of her already limited energy. I stayed at the hospital with her last night and she was resting without too much discomfort. She wasn't too happy when she realized her arms were restrained to prevent her from putting her hands anywhere near her face. She did her best to break free, but eventually surrendered and fell back asleep.

We're hoping they can remove the breathing tube today, and they said they will as soon as she's a little more awake and aware. She's breathing fine on her own, but there is swelling from the cleft surgery and if her air way became blocked after the tube came out, getting it back in would be a challenge to say the least. They opted to leave it in as a precaution.

Hopefully we can get her home tomorrow, but as with everything so far it all depends on Mia. She'll let us know when she's ready to go.

Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers!