Mid-Afternoon Surgical Update

We got an update around 1:00pm that they had all the screws in place and were starting to place the first rod.

Just now at 2:30pm we received an update that they are almost done placing the rods.  Then they will do adjustments to finish getting the correction as best as possible.  They suspect to be finished in probably another hour or so!

They are continuing to give her blood, and have given her quite a large volume.  They also have started giving her other blood products as well like plasma.  But they said things are still going as expected.

We were informed that Annie will not be going to recovery because she is going to need to remain intubated (on the ventilator) for longer.  We knew there was a small chance that might happen, but I honestly thought she'd be strong enough to come off the ventilator in recovery before going to the PICU.  But I guess it's best to give her the support she needs now and just give her time to get her strength back without pushing her.

Since she'll still be intubated, she'll go straight from the OR to the PICU, which means we'll get to see her sooner than expected.  They don't know how long she'll require the ventilator, but they will try to extubate her sometime tonight and see how she does.  Apparently it's not uncommon for them to have to re-intubate even 24 hours after surgery, so the next day or two might be touch-and-go.  Again, thank you so much for all your prayers, love, and support.