Aleyda Zepeda

We appreciate everyones prayers for Aleyda. If anyone would like to contact her or send her cards remember she is at the Northside Forsyth hospital in Atlanta, GA. She had surgery last Wednesday, here is our latest update from the US:

Aleyda’s surgery lasted 8 hours. Before surgery Aleyda had an 80 degree curvature in her spine, that has now been reduced to around 10 degrees.
After the surgery, Aleyda had a chest tube on her right side to allow fluid to drain but fluid also built up in her left lung. Normally, the patient would be encouraged to cough a lot and this would be enough to clear it out but because she is so sore from the surgery, she just wasn't able to cough much at all. It was too painful. They drained some of the fluid through a bronchostomy and a thorocentesis but she was still having trouble breathing. They decided to put her on a respirator for about two days to allow them to more easily remove the fluid and to give her time to rest and recover. Last night, thanks to the respirator, her stats had gone way up and she was doing much better. Hopefully, they will be able to take her off the
respirator tomorrow. As much as they didn't want to have to do that, she is on more sedatives now because of the tube and seems to be resting much more
peacefully. The doctors and nurses at Northside Forsyth have been amazing. She is getting excellent care and everyone has been extremely nice and caring.