Well, it's over and we're home now.
Surgery is not fun. In fact, the 1st 24 hours were horrible. They said the actual surgery went well. I was allowed to stay with her clear up until she went to sleep. I didn't expect that, but that was really good since she has major separation issues.
After the surgery, we knew there would be a lot of bloody drool, but it seemed like there was more than we expected. Then it started flowing from her nose. We asked if that much was normal. The nurse said - no, not really. They ended up calling the doctor to come back in. They syringed her mouth out, and decided it was okay.
They were also alternating between tylenol 3 w/ codiene and ibuprofine for pain. By Fri night, nothing was working - she was just crying. They called the dr back again and ended up giving her morphine. It worked, but sleep was very fitful, 15-30 minutes at a time.
She also cried if we even attempted to lay her down.
She had an IV in one foot and the pulse/O2 indicator on the other. The monitor would beep if her heartrate went over 200 - which it did when she cried. Needless to say, we beeped a lot.
She was so swollen from all the IV fluids too.
It made for a very long night.
She does have arm restraints on now. These are to keep her from bending her arms and putting anything in her mouth. She's supposed to wear them for 3 weeks. At this point, they don't seem to bother her. I'm surprised (and very, very grateful).
She's eating (stage 2 baby food), but still not drinking much.
You can definitely tell when the pain medicine wears off, but we're all doing better now.
4 comments:
OH poor little girl, I can only imagine! I am so glad to hear you are all home, now you can be on your way to recovery. keep us posted, ok? We thought and prayed for you often during the weekend!!!
Hope Leila feels MUCH better soon!!!
We are glad to see the update. Poor Leila-- and you, too. It is so hard to watch your baby go through something so painful. Mark & I have continued to pray for Leila. I hope that from here on out her recovery will go much more smoothly!!
I'm so glad the surgery went well-it's hard to see your child in so much pain. Hope last night was better! You're in our prayers!
I've been offline for a while now & had no idea that the surgery was last week! We will definitely be praying for you. I know it's really hard, but there was no sense in me telling you that & worrying you any more than you already were. Just know that by day 2 or 3 of being home things were MUCH better! We kept Katey on Tylenol Codine for a few days and then were able to switch to regular tylenol and from that point on we were on our way back to normal. Believe it or not, the 10 days went by quickly.
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