Friday morning we headed off to the Surgery Center for Caroline's surgery. She got a little cranky because she couldn't have anything to eat or drink, but Cayah and Ike brought cute balloons, new movies, and new "people" to play with while we waited (as well as taking the munchkins so we could be full-time nurses to Miss C!), so she did ok! The "happy juice" they finally brought her helped the most though! :) She was SO excited to wear her Tinkerbell hospital gown that my great friend Keri made her! (You have GOT to check out her fabulous organization that brings smiles to sick kiddos everyday! Truly inspirational!! Heartfelt Couture) She also LOVES Dr. Ehmer so she was excited to see him too!
After the surgery she woke up pretty well. She definitely has more pain this surgery than she has had with previous ones. They said this was a much more invasive and intense surgery than her previous ones, so that is to be expected. When we took her home that afternoon, she ended up sleeping most of the day. Around 9:00 that night the anesthesia wore off and the steroid they had given her in the surgery kicked in! She was up most of the night and she was very WIRED on Saturday. She can't hear out of one ear so she has no interest in movies or tv. She'll play for a little bit but really just seems to want us to read her book after book after book after book! She spent most of Saturday running from room to room of our house and trying to stand on her head about a thousand times! I thought MY head was going to explode! The child just had surgery and she was trying to stand on her head! She had quite a bit of bleeding on Saturday (probably due to the head standing and running around!). Thank goodness a visit from Cayah and Ike to bring the babies home and have lunch kept a tired mommy and daddy halfway sane! The steroid finally wore off and she slept Saturday night (THANK YOU JESUS!) except for being woken up for pain meds. Today she is much more puny. She's pretty much just laying around and not feeling so great. However, because she is resting more she isn't having as much bleeding. We are laying low, reading books, and keeping up with the pain meds. She still can't hear well, but she is feeling so yucky that she is sitting still for some movies and tv. She is happy her brother and sissy are home!
Sweet Liam is just trying to play with his cars and stay out of the way of all the craziness!
We are praying her pain gets better, her ear will unclog so she can hear, and she will continue to rest well and heal! We are so thankful for all of the loving calls, texts, messages, and emails!! I apologize to everyone I have not gotten back to yet! I am working on it! I promise! Happy Superbowl Sunday!
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