On Sunday Emily went to church! So cute! She had an abscess that had formed just below her nose and it was super painful to her. We sent a photo of it to her surgeon who told us that she would be fine to be seen the following Tuesday.
On Monday we hung out. On Tuesday we went to her initial appointment at the Cleft Palate clinic and met her doctor who told us "We need to take care of that abscess tomorrow. I've just had a cancellation and her cleft isn't that big so we'll just do that too." Tomorrow huh? We were meant to be hosting Thanksgiving dinner at our house with all of Gary's family. A few phone calls later, and a restless night sleep and the next day we headed back up for our little girl to have surgery.
She makes hospital clothes look good! Her poor little lip was so incredibly sore!
So tiny!
It was so sad when they took her back. She was a total champ though! I totally threw my phone away at lunch 10 minutes later and had a few dramatic moments trying to find it and finally a darling employee dug through said trash and found it for me! We hung out in the waiting room and cuddled her blanket that smelled like her and waited.
She was in for about 3 hours. She came out of anesthesia nicely. The surgery was rough! They put tubes in her ears, drained her abscess (and left it open) closed her soft palate and put in a prosthetic hard palate. She had to have her tongue stitched to her cheek for 24 hours so she wouldn't choke. That tongue stitch was the WORST! Because they didn't want her messing with that, her arms were in restraints that didn't allow them to bend. NO THUMB! It was sad!
Fluffy hair! We held her the entire time. Gary stayed all night, I went home as our two youngest were struggling a little bit. We had a giant sleepover in the big bed. Gary stayed up and held her all night!
She had a bit of a fever so they stripped her shirt. The next morning the tongue stitch came out and the thumb went in! It was so sad though, it felt all wrong. She kept trying to suck her thumb but it just wasn't right. She was frustrated and sad.
She was so patient with all of the stuff hooked up to her. She eventually got put down and liked the freedom to move around.
We got a free Thanksgiving dinner in the cafeteria. This hospital was so great! The staff, every one of them were so kind.
We went on lots of walks. She looks huge in that little stroller! We got to come home on Thanksgiving day. Emily did great. She responded well to pain meds and was patient with the rest. It was really hard to get her to eat, and we had to feed her with the syringe every meal. She was supposed to get 36 oz of fluids a day, we were lucky if she'd get 9!
No tubs with tubes for a few days, so she got to tub in the sink. She was hardly impressed.
I can't believe it hasn't even been a week. She's amazing. She got her first round of immunizations today and has been the happiest, cutest most lovable little that there is! Her little mouth is doing great. She's eating well and she's happy, and she's totally not sleeping! love love love our Emily Amnda
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