Surgery has been cancelled for today.
Arabella's white blood cell count was high which could mean the start of an infection. Everything needs to be checked again.
More blood-work, a chest x-ray, a culture count, and a few other things are being done today. They need to make sure she's 100% okay before going ahead. Better safe than sorry.
We'll just regroup.
Surgery might happen on Monday, if everything goes well from here.
There was air leaking from Belle's ventilator tube (around her windpipe), so the nurses at Sick Kids managed to place a new tube through her nose. That seemed to fix the problem. Apparently she out-grew her old one.
Overall, the NICU at Sick Kids is a little bit different than the one at Mount Sinai. Kiera and I felt out of our comfort zone, but any new surrounding will do that.
Bella doesn't have a private room all to herself, but that's not a big deal either. One large room is shared with up to six babies. That's how the rooms used to be at Mount Sinai before they renovated.
So although Kiera and I feel a bit out-of-place, we're happy that Arabella is being looked after so well. They didn't rush her into surgery. Instead, they took the time to make sure she's absolutely ready for it.
For now we'll just have to visit her at Sick Kids until everything is straightened out 😊
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