Surgery updates!

5:45am arrived at surgery center

6:45 taken back to change

7:10 given happy juice

7:30 Dr. R arrives and Lucy is wheeled off......

8:40 Dr. Reinisch is getting started....

10:28 Dr. Reinisch has completed the 2 skin grafts and is shaping them for her ear....she is doing well they said.  (this momma is having a hard time with this part.....)

10:38 Franchesca (the PA) just came out and said Lucy was doing great and her part is done....the skin graft in the groin area is not too big....they are making her a small ear since she's so tiny.  They used one of the surgeon's ears as a guide!  Lucy will have Dr. Kim's ear as a prototype!  She said Lucy's graft site shouldn't be too tight!  They have already done the dissection on the "flap"...this is the issue that is brought down from above her ear....that wraps around the ear frame....they dissect the membrane and let it rest so the blood vessels don't retract....during this time Dr. Reinisch forms the Medpor (the frame) to implant.

11:53 Dr. R continuing to shape the graft for the ear and working on cleaning up the left ear site....all going well!  Praise God!

1:32pm  The flap has been wrapped around the Medpor (the plastic ear frame) and Dr. R has started attaching the first of the two skin grafts.  She is still doing well.....they are anticipating surgery completion around 3:30pm.

3:00 surgery is OVER!!   Praise you Jesus!  Please continue to pray for no nausea, no pain and quick healing!

Love to all!!

I'll post more later!  Hoping to go see my girl!