On Sunday, Feb. 27th, 2011, Anabelle had her first surgery to remove fluid from her abdomen bc it was so much pressure that it was pushing her lungs up (they are already chronic with BPD) and her kidneys started to shut down. She made it through the surgery fine, and you can see the tube sticking out of her abdomen there where all the fluid was drained. That was only the fluid building up just in her tummy, the other had to be peed off, which they were really worried about bc for 36 hours she would not urinate. They switched a lot of her meds and tried some other things after the surgery to help her urinate, and finally she did!!! What a relief, bc the resident doctor told us "she may not make it through the day". Her father and I were pretty devistated to hear that, but we still had hope. So here's a picture of her 4 days after the surgery, which she still is swollen, but looks awesome to what she did. Today is actually her 2 mth birthday, so she made it this far! I know we have a long road ahead of us, but my baby keeps amazing us all the time being the fighter that she is :)
