Brittany is doing great!

The surgery was about 7 hrs long, and they kept her asleep until this morning. They wanted her to "sleep" more because she started to get a bit of a fever and the right side of her heart wasn't as strong as they wanted it to be.  They got all that figured out, I guess, because they woke her up today and this evening they removed the chest tubes and the breathing tube!  I hear that is early, so that is very positive. Her family is hoping that she can be moved from St. Paul's hospital back to Children's soon, because St. Paul's isn't set up as well for families as Children's is, and the parking is crazy - today it cost tehm $23.50 to park there!  Hospital parking is just ridiculous. And yes, it should be free.  Or at least they shouldn't be so quick to hand out tickets.
Anyway, they expect her to be in the hospital for about 10 days to two weeks, then she has to be here at RMH for about three months before she can go home. Pretty cool that hearts can be transplanted...
They deduced from things the Dr. said that the donor was a young male and somehow through the magic of google they found a 20 yr old guy who died in Edmonton.  They don't know for sure if it was his heart, but if it is, they are very thankful and would love to meet the family. The whole thing is just so fascinating to me....
Noah and I are fine, we went to the clinic this morning for his last shots of this round, which went well.  He puts EMLA on his legs 2 hrs before we go to clinic to numb his skin so he can't feel anything - he prefers it to be on for at least 2 hrs, but less than 3. If it is on for more than 3 hrs, it starts to irritate your skin, and it kinda loses its effectiveness.  Every time we went this week, the EMLA was on for at least 3 hrs, because they were busy, or the bloodwork had to happen upstairs in the lab, instead of the clinic, etc, so he has been kind of worried every time.  This morning was the first time he said ow, but he still considered it to have gone well, so that is good. if he says it was fine, I will take it, even though it didn't look like it went well to me.  I mean, he was brave, he didn't cry or freak out, so that is good, but he was saying it was hurting while the drug went into his legs.  He did relax when it was all over, and then I could see how tense he was.  He is amazing - he rarely complains about anything.... so brave!
This afternoon we did some special schooling, I mean, we went on our 2nd field trip to the Museum of Anthropology at UBC. It is such a cool place.  I would go back every day - there is so much to see there.  We ended up having a personal guided tour of the Northwest Coast exhibit, so that was really awesome. 
Ok, I am trying to type and I am yawning so much my eyes are watering and I can't see anymore. 
Tomorrow the Green Men are coming back here with some huge penguins (Happy Feet characters), the house is getting decorated on Sunday and  we have heard a rumour that some of the Canucks are going to be at he hospital on Monday, so there is a lot to look forward to in the next couple of days.... I'll keep you posted!