Saturday, August 15, 2009 8:08:23 PM Lydia's surgery was successful!!! RELIEF!!! The surgeon took about 10 seconds to figure out that the scope, thoracoscopic procedure, was not going to be an option so he made an incision, thoracotomy, and removed the middle and lower lobes of her right lung. The actual surgery took 1-hour and 15-minutes. She is left with 30% of a right lung that is expanding nicely and will fill the entire right side of the chest as that lobe continues to develop. She was placed back on the high-frequency (vibrating) ventilator for one day and then back to a conventional ventilator. She has a chest tube drain to remove air and fluid from surgery. The doctors will continue weaning her from the ventilator and pain medicine to get her to breathe and eat on her own. We have about 1-2 weeks of recovery left before Lydia gets to come home.
She is our miracle baby! Little Lydia has literally gone from "almost 0%" chance of survival to "almost 100%" chance of full recovery and a normal life. We can't thank you enough for praying with us these past 22+ weeks. When we were weak, we knew that many were praying for us, and Jesus made us strong. Our Lydia really has a special place in our hearts and we are so overjoyed that she has touched the hearts of so many. We hope and pray that you all had an increase in your faith as we have. It is the hard times in life when your faith is grown. We have no clue why our faith had to be stretched like this but we are sure we will look back on this time and continue to gain more joy through the pain. God continues to be good all of the time.
We love you,
Kyle and Melinda
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