Location: Toronto

Health status: stable

A beautifully quiet day with Maeve. As the muscle relaxants wore off she became more awake and active. Apparently she didn’t sleep all Friday night. Just looked around with her big eyes. They’re going to up her sedation so she gets some rest  

Nothing major to report. They hope to take out her breathing tube Sunday. The bottom part of her left lung collapsed slightly so they want to wait and take it slow with Maeve. Don’t worry these things happen and is common. First time Maeve was extubated after first open heart surgery when she was a few days old both lungs collapsed so good to take it slooooowww and cautious.  

We had a long chat with one of the surgeons. He regaled us with some of his more comical stories and his opinions on hospital TV dramas like Greys Anatomy, of which he is a big fan.

Opinion 1: Surgeons don’t lunch together, like ever. In the real world, it’s pretty much impossible to all collect together mid-day for a gossip filled lunch.

Opinion 2: Where are the nurses and technicians? IRL, doctors don’t have time to run blood work to the labs or sit by the MRI machines. In the TV shows, doctors appear to do everything!

Opinion 3: TV show hospitals extubate breathing tubes way to fast. The patients come straight out of surgery with no breathing tube. IMPOSSIBLE!