Our little trooper made it through another surgery with great news. Her left eyelid has now been repositioned. It has a tiny bit of swelling and bruising. Her surgeon decided not to tweak her nose; that will come in a few years.

Ivey's bronch came back with great news. The restriction in her airway has improved. Her ENT sees no need for reconstructive surgery at this point. He has given the okay to start the process for removing the trach, which will take months. The next step in this process will be a visit to her pulmonologist.

Ivey's ENT also replaced the tubes in her ears. An ABR hearing screen was preformed. This test confirmed much of what we already know. Ivey has hearing loss and she tends to hear higher pitch than lower pitch. One ear has a pretty significant loss. The other had fluid behind it, so we will wait for 6 to 8 weeks and perform another hearing test. This will allow swelling to go down and get a more accurate reading. We do know that there is hearing loss in both ears and Ivey will need hearing aides in one or both ears.

After Ivey returned to the room from recovery she fussed for a few minutes, but within no time she was smiling again and has been since then. She has spent her day (Saturday) playing with her brothers. She is as happy as a lark and all she wants to do is play patty-cake over and over and over. Right now she is snuggled up and sleeping like an angel in her daddy's lap.