Maya has had a better afternoon. She has been having some rest, they are keeping her on pain meds enough so she is more comfortable. She was able to eat some chocolate ice cream and drink some milk too. We are still in the ICU, and no word on if they are going to move her or not. I am glad we are here. They did however get her the bigger crib, which is nice.
The other new wrinkle, is that the surgeon who did the heart operation saw what he called "blebs" on her left lung when he was fixing the heart. He said that they were only on about 5% of her lung, and dispersed equally over it. Not that we understand what that means exactly. A bleb, as it was explained to us is like a blister filled air sac that has thinner membranes than the rest of the lung tissue. Chris had a consult with the Pulmonary Dr. on duty, and he agreed that further investigation is warranted and will try to arrange for a Monday AM CT scan. We would like to leave either knowing what we need to do about these "blebs" and their total coverage area on both lungs, or that they are just a slight aberration that are not harmful in any way and can safely be monitored every few years. There is surprisingly little information on these "blebs" in children on the internet, as most of the info is referring to adults with emphysema or some kind of lung cancer or disease, or that they have no known cause.
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