Danielles surgery was a success... we r still in the ICU but hopefully will get moved out to the floor today.... she was only supposed to be there until Friday morning but here it is Sunday! We r trying not to be impatient but that gets hard.... she has had some trouble with her blood pressure but they have her weaned off the meds & on room air now so we r hopeful that she will be out of there today... We still have a LONG way to go with recovery... Her 6-8 hour surgery turned into a solid 12 hr one... but so far everything seems to have been successful. We r very excited, so is the rest of the hospital. This is the first time this surgery has been preformed in arkansas!!! She feels like a bit of a celeberity because she is getting visitors from all over who wanna take a peek!! Her surgical team flew back to Cinncinatti this morning but the doctors & nurses here were flown out there to learn how to take care of her so we are confident that things will go smoothly.
This has been a crazy week & we are just ready to get settled into our room & start learning how to take care of things... she wont be able to eat or drink for about another week but she hasnt even asked for anything yet... I was kind of shocked! They have her on TPN & lipid but I figure she will be losing some weight from this... so once again just like last year we will be trying to load on some pounds over the summer lol.. talk bout a crash diet!
She has been amazing with pain tolerance... considering her incision starts @ her chest & goes to the pubic bone, she's only had pain meds once last night & that was after being up in her wheelchair (reluctantly) for 4 hours yesterday! Im having to be the big meany & insist on her getting out of bed & getting a bath... oh well she is almost 13 she isnt supposed to like me right!
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