at Yorkhill Childrens Hospital

Maisie made it to Glasgow! What a lucky girl Maisie is, a bed became free and Mummy and Daddy are in Glasgow too. Maisie is staying in Yorkhill with  Mummy and Daddy just across the road in the Tiger room at Ronald MacDonald House.

The facilities at Ronald MacDonalds are great - lots of people are involved in the upkeep of this accommodation for parents. They are set up all over the UK and you can find out more at;  http://www.ronaldmcdonaldhouse.co.uk/

things seem a bit back to front in Glasgow?

Maisie is scheduled to have her operation tomorrow sometime during the afternoon. This a whole day earlier that expected, which is fantastic. It will take about 40 minutes to complete.
Maisie had a great trip to Glasgow and is now all settled,  her oxygen levels are good, as are the gases in her blood. The steriod treatment seems to be taking effect.

Maisie is also back on the old morphine which is meant to be calming her for tomorrow however she's back to being restless and fighting against anyone other than Mummy and Daddy who wants to touch her. This could be due to the fact that she is fasting ready for tomorrows operation and would rather be supping down Mummys milk.

The operation is to close Maisies PDA as all you avid readers of Maisies blog should know, however it may be interesting to know a little more about it;

A patent ductus arteriosus allows a portion of the oxygenated blood from the left heart to flow back to the lungs by flowing from the aorta (which has higher pressure) to the pulmonary artery. If this shunt is substantial, (which it is in Maisie) then the infant becomes short of breath: the additional fluid returning to the lungs increases lung pressure to the point that the neonate has greater difficulty inflating the lungs.

Not sure this helps you understand that much more but you can at least sound intelligent when you talk about Maisies operation. (I think Daddy may have done a little copy and pasting for the last paragraph)

Maisie knows all your prayers and thoughts are with her tomorrow - we'll let you all know how Maisie gets on as soon as we have news.

Taxi for Maisie!