A few more hours

At 5am tomorrow they will begin bringing Maggie back from her controlled hypothermia. They have had her core temperature down around 32C for what will be 72 hours. They do this to protect her brain from swelling. Once they warm her back up we will get to hold her for the first time. Maryanne and I are very excited for this moment. It takes 6-12 hours to heat her up, so by this time tomorrow we should be holding her. With that said we will also begin to see how much damage was done at birth. The cooling can mask a lot. She has basically been asleep this whole time. Once she wakes up we amay begin to see seizure or abnormal behavior. Hopefully though all will be well. We will keep you posted.