After Surgery

After their successful separation surgery, Regina and Renata were cared for in the 20-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at the hospital. The care of the children and their family were under the direction of Niurka Rivero, M.D., and another large team of nurses, respiratory therapists and physicians in the "…crucial…" 24-48 hours following surgery, according to Randall C. Wetzel, MB, BC, FCCM, FAAP, chief of the Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine at the hospital. Children in the PICU are treated by pediatric intensivists, some of whom are double and triple board-certified with expertise in cardiology, pulmonology and anesthesiology in addition to training in general pediatrics and critical care medicine.