So peaceful

 The surgery seems to have been a very good thing for Mira so far. Matt hasn't had to attend to her during the night once since she's come home. (For years Matt and I have had kind of a divide-and-conquer approach to the night-waking around here. In past years, when I was nursing, he was on Reuben. Recently, I'm the one who is "on" Reuben and he's on Mira. Since Reuben's night cares generally are not as taxing as Mira's, I also tackle the occasional waking from the little girls or Eben, but in general, having a pre-determined plan means that we don't have to waste time or brain power deciding whose turn it is!)

Before her surgery, her heart rate was regularly vacillating between the 70s and the 140s, all day and all night, as she would try to void and struggle. Now she is regularly in the 40s, resting more peacefully than we've seen her in a very long time. It's SO good to see her more comfortable.

Gloria's really taken an interest (starting a week or two before Mira's hospital stay) in being a nurse with Justine. The sweetest was two days ago when I came over to find Gloria teaching Ebenezer how to rub lotion on Mira's feet!