Post-Op Week 1

Lia is doing so amazingly well considering all she went thru last Wed./Thurs. I am so proud of her. She is so brave and so strong!  She hasn't seemed to be in much pain from the surgery, though she is quite bruised from the thrashing that resulted from her reaction to the morphine. We are trying to stay ahead on the pain meds so that she doesn't experience much pain. We have yet to sleep through the night. She usually wakes up at some point around 2 or 3 a.m. needing additional pain meds, and then she fights going back to sleep. So we've had some loooooong nights since the surgery. Hopefully that will get better as time goes on and she is in less pain.

She is fed up with the arm restraints ("no-no's") and we are trying to give her frequent breaks from them when we can be near her and watch her carefully. I feel bad that she has to wear them to sleep, but we don't want to take any chances that she might put her hands in her mouth.

She is also not thrilled with her choice of entrees for food since surgery. Everything we offer her has to be liquid, pureed, or very, very soft (not requiring any chewing). She's eating lots of vitamin-fortified puddings, yogurts, cream of wheat, as well as pureed soups, rice & beans, noodles, etc. But she keeps taking us to the pantry where her crackers and crunchy snacks are usually kept - just in case we might change our minds and give her something from there...  :)

In general she is being a CHAMP about taking all of her medications...everyday she has to take an antibiotic, painkillers, and ear drops at least 2x each - and for the most part she is being great about it (especially when daddy administers the medicine!)  Here are a few more pics from the past week:

Daddy and Lia resting at the hospital

Mama holding Lia at the hospital

Lia figuring out the "no-no's" 

Five days post-surgery...just hanging out!