Mirabel had a bath.

Surgery +5

Mirabel is doing really well. We got the word that she won't be going
home today because they just want to be sure her meds are right and
see what (if any) her oxygen needs are.

Today we're going to get a bath and I'll post a pic once we're all
clean and stuff.

Mirabel is trying to reach room service.

Moving day.

Leaving the ICU and going down the hall is hard work but don't let my
sleepiness fool you. When I'm awake I'm all smiles and sitting up!

Hanging with Mommy

Doing well tonight. We assume they'll kick us out of the ICU in the
morning.

Things are looking up!

We've got the chest tubes out, a onesie on and our hair all did up!

And not crying...

With Grandpa here!

Sleeping comfortably.

11:25 pm

Awake and playing a little. Very interested in what all those nurses
are doing. Getting sleepy.

Sleepy day.

A pretty uneventful day (in a good way). Mirabel is doing well. Not
much else to say (in a good way).

Surgery +1

Mirabel is doing well today. Lots of sleep and she still has tubes
coming out of her chest but she's sitting up (with pillows) and only
really only gets upset when we're poking at her.

Basically everything is going well and we're very happy. Thanks for
all the well wishes, keep 'em coming and I'll update again tomorrow.

We're with our little girl.

This will probably be our last update tonight. We are with Mirabel.
She's asleep and doing fine.
Thanks to everyone for their prayers and well wishes (keep them coming!)

Take care,
David, Cristy and Mirabel

All done!!!

Dr. Cohen just came out to talk to us - she's all done and everything
went fine! They're finishing up the clean-up now. We should be able
to see her in the next half hour or so.

Thank you for all the kind wishes, thoughts and prayers- they worked!

Off bypass! They're starting to close up.

Update

They just called to let us know that She's on bypass and everything is going fine.

Surgery is starting

We just got word that they have offficially begun (and that everything's alright).

It's begun

Well, kind of. Mirabel has been taken back by the anesthesiologist. It will probably be a couple of hours before they actually begin the surgery.

We'll update when we can.

Best,

 C, D and M

Wednesday update

Hello all.

Mirabel's surgery is scheduled for tomorrow morning. (we check in at 7:30am). She is a strong little girl and we are sure she'll do just fine, but please send your thoughts and prayers her way too.

We'll put an update here as soon as we know anything.

Love to all,

David, Cristy and Mirabel

Fun weekend

We went to the street fair and the beach and the park and we saw pirates and Ruby and Seth and Shannon and Julie and Grandma!!!

I don't know what she's doing

... But she sure is intent on doing it! And refuses to let go of those
toes while it's going on.

Yeah, I got the hiccups ...so what?

Well, little miss got to enjoy the day hanging out with Daddy again.
We found out this morning that her surgery has been rescheduled for
next Thursday. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers - and keep
your fingers crossed that things go as planned next time!

Best laid plans...

We knew it could happen and it did. Mirabel's surgery has been postponed. We don't know yet when it will happen but we'll post when we hear something.

As frustrating as it is, we know they are only delaying it because someone needs the spot more and they feel Mirabel is doing well enough to wait.

Keep the prayers and well wishes coming and we'll be in touch soon.

just kickin it

Hospital Day is done.

Everything looks good for surgery on Thursday.

Big week!

Hello everyone,

As you know, this is a big week for Mirabel. Tomorrow we'll be at the hospital all day for tests to prepare her and her doctors for her surgery on Thursday. We are very optimistic about it but it's still scary so please keep us in your thoughts and prayers. We'll try to update the blog as soon as we know how the surgery goes, but so far we aren't even sure what time of day she's going in.

We've been really enjoying our happy girl and we haven't been posting much, so here are some photos since I posted last.