She went ahead and scheduled the repair of Abbey's cleft palate for Thursday, October 29th, five days after her first birthday. Since it is still a good ways out, she said it could get changed if the surgeon has to go out of the country for something. (He's just that good of a surgeon.) We will need to be there on the day before at 10:00 for a full day of pre-op stuff. They will want her to stay three nights total: the night before and two nights after. So, if all goes well, we will come home on Halloween.
If she even has the slightest runny nose, we will have to postpone the surgery. Edie told me not to even bother coming. She has to be perfectly healthy for the week prior to the surgery. So, I think we will probably have a self-imposed quarantine for three weeks prior to the surgery.
For a ten days post-op, she will have to wear arm immobilizers so that she doesn't put her fingers in her mouth. We will be able to take them off for a few minutes here and there when she is highly supervised. Also, she won't be able to eat anything solid and must be fed with a syringe. I hear that the babies stay pretty hungry for those ten days. Sounds like fun, huh?
Despite the uncertainty, quarantine and post-op fun, I am thrilled that we get to have her surgery performed by such great doctors and specialists. I am really so thankful.
And now, here are a few recent pictures of the unsuspecting, precious girl:
2 comments:
marcie, that's great news!! i know it must be nice to have a date on the calendar. i still have a vivid picture in my mind (from photographs, of course) of me with those arm splints on. thanks for posting updates on your blog, and please remind us to pray for her good health leading up to surgery as it gets closer to time!! hope y'all are having a great summer!
Praise the Lord that it is all falling into place! We will remember to pray for a healthy family all around that month, too. And I can't believe how big she is...too fast!
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