Post Op

Yes, I am in a crib. The only way Lily would settle in the recovery room was for me to climb into the crib and have her lay on me. Believe me, I asked the nurse if the crib would hold, lets just say a slightly larger than average person. She assured me it would and that I wasn't the first to climb on up into a toddler crib. Lily had a hard time coming out of anesthesia and pain control. She cried for at least 1 1/2 hours straight. The surgeon repaired her palate, purposely fractured a piece of her maxilla, and ear tubes were put in. Ouch!! Mega doses of Morphine were given in the recovery room. Finally she fell asleep on me. What an awful feeling to see your child have to experience such pain. Once she got "captured" with her pain medicine she did better.

Her poor little face is so swollen. Adult man hands were in her little mouth for 5 hours. You can only imagine how her face/mouth must feel.

Lily hugging "Pinky", the elephant wearing a diaper.

Post op day 1. Her face looks a little better. A little less swollen. This morning started out good. Lily was happy. Wanting to play and walk around. Napped a few times in the a.m.. She took an afternoon nap and when she woke things went downhill from there. She was very cranky, crying and clingy. She has vomited a few times this evening from her starting to drink clear liquids. Her little tummy just wasn't ready to start drinking yet. Her IV got hooked back up. Zofran was started for her nausea/vomiting. No more episodes since, knock on wood. Knock, knock.

Our room also got changed from a private room to semi private. Sucky, to put it nicely. They needed the private room for an isolation patient. Damn. Very annoying to have another family in the same room while your child is trying to recover. The other little girl is crying right now. UGH!!! Get me home!!!!

Over all the surgery went well. We are hoping to get out of here tomorrow. Hopefully she can keep liquids down in the a.m.. Please little belly, keep those liquids down. We need to go home.

I miss my kids!