Lily Is Whole!

Hi Everyone,

It might be a little early to be putting it out there, but what the heck..

Lily has a whole esophagus!!

They told us yesterday to expect that she would be back in her room around 4pm-ish today. We found out at 11 o'clock that they were comfortable going ahead with connecting her esophagus ends. They didn't see any sign of infection and there was enough length that they could do it without too much tension on her esophagus. At 11:30 they said the connection was made and that everything had gone about as perfectly as they could have hoped! The connection was made, they had good blood flow through her esophagus, and they were closing up.

At this point, they said they plan to keep her paralyzed for a few days so that she's perfectly still and her esophagus can heal and acclimate. It will probably be about a week before they will extubate her. 

-Joe