Recovery

The first few days home have made a huge difference, as expected.  The first night was a little rough.  We could tell she was still sore and she kept wiggling out of the sleeves of her pajamas, and therefore the arm braces.  She let out this high pitched scream at one point and I know she must have hit the roof of her mouth with her fingers!  I ran in and picked her up and started looking for the braces.  I was moving the crib, all of her toys, everything it seemed, and could not find one of them.  I started singing for "Daaaaddy, pleeeeease come he-elp!" and other similar phrases, but was not getting any back up.  She is whimpering and I'm trying not to yell so I don't upset her more.  I knew she needed pain medication and she needed the braces and some cuddling - can't do all three myself at the same time.  I start singing louder and then just plain yelling and still no help.  I finally walk to the side of our bed and just yell, "MIKE!"  Well, that scared the crap out of him!  He jumped up and I told him to run and get all the pain medications hahaha.  It's good to know one of us was getting the sleep we both needed.  After we dosed her up with all her medications, I snuggled with her in the spare room until she fell asleep.  She slept for four hours after that.  She needed it!

The following morning she played as usual, but just quieter.  She isn't doing her squeals and yells like she did before.  She gets tired quickly and wants to be picked up a lot, but as long as she isn't laying down she doesn't need the arm braces.  It is only when she is sleeping that she wants her hands in her mouth.  She is drinking and eating and has even overcome the constipation from all the anesthesia and morphine.  This kid is kicking her surgery's ass!  When she gets sleepy or if she gets worked up because she hurts her mouth when eating, we give her the computer to watch so she calms down fast and gets distracted from the pain.  She has gone down for her naps like normal and has even started her usual night time routine of chattering away to herself for hours! 

Last night, her arm braces stayed on - we put them on under the onesie - and she only woke up twice but was able to go back down in her crib after being settled.  One time was because she had pooped and not even because of mouth pain.  She ate so well this morning and Skyped with her gramma and was her flirty self, just a bit quieter.  She even started doing her Grover impressions again but they just sound more muted haha!  Let's hope the next few nights go this well too.  If she continues to heal this well, we might not need the braces on her arms as long as they say!  Yeah!

I also want to say, 'thank you,' again to all of the well-wishes and good thoughts from everyone following our journey.  More and more come out of the woodwork each day and I love knowing my girl has so much support! xoxo