"she's fiesty"

The first twenty four hours after surgery are the most critical. For Maddie, the doctors and nurses just wanted her to rest and not move or be stimulated. They sedated her to keep her still and sleeping, but Maddie wasn't having it. From the moment we walked in this morning, she was waving her arms, clenching and unclenching her little fists and wiggling her toes. They kept amping up the dosages of the drugs they were using to sedate her, but they weren't working. Even into the early evening she was still moving & wiggling around. When the doctors came in to check her status, one of them mentioned how he was surprised at how much she was fidgeting around when he saw her earlier in the day. "She's fiesty. We can't put her down," I overheard him say. The nurse that kept watch on her last night mentioned how at one point, Maddie had a grip on her breathing tube and was trying to pull it out. Hopefully, this is an indication of how well she'll recover. We'll have a better idea these next few days...