Ashlyn slept well last night. She had her MRI this morning. We spoke to Dr. Spray, and she is undergoing the surgery as I write this. The surgery is expected to take 2-3 hours and then she will recover in the Cardiac ICU. All kids develop fluid around the lungs postoperatively, but some are able to get rid of the fluid more quickly. How long she stays in the hospital will depend on quickly her fluid can drain off. Ashlyn had a baseline chest x-ray taken last night, and every morning another x-ray will be taken to assess the fluid. So she could be here a few days or a couple weeks. For Dr. Spray this is pretty routine, and he called us "veterans" since we've been through two other heart surgeries, but being a veteran doesn't make this any easier!