1st Night Went Well

Jolianne's first night after surgery went well. We were sitting behind her bed last night looking at all of the lines she has and thinking to ourselves her bed looks like a big Transformer!!! We called it the JoBot. I wanted to take a picture but I didn't feel it was appropriate with her chest still being open. Hopefully they will close her up in the next few days. It is common for them to leave the breastbone open when there is so much swelling. The swelling has gone down considerably just in these few hours since her procedure. They don't have her completely paralyzed, just sedated a little to prevent her from moving around too much. She is very feisty though, she is already trying to kick her legs around. She has several new IV's, and too many lines for me to count, possibly 5 new IV's in addition to her PICC line. Before surgery and after surgery are like night and day. I know that is probably a stupid comment to make but experiencing the care she has received for the last 7 weeks, which is pretty intricate, seemed like a walk in the park compared to what she is getting now. They have a constant eye on her. I was actually able to get some good rest last night. I felt confident that she was being cared for very well.

I will write again soon,
Crystal