We got home from the hospital about an hour ago. Evie had a rougher time with recovery this time (
last time she was unhappy for a moment but calmed down quickly once she got some food in her). Today, she screamed inconsolably until Steve finally rocked her to sleep. She slept for about an hour (such a deep sleep we had the anesthesiologist come check her and make sure she was okay) and then woke up, nursed, and we took her home (finally more content at this point). Now she is sleeping in her crib, and I'm hoping that, like last time, she is back to her normal self quickly.
This cast is pretty much identical to the last one, except her legs are more symmetrical and at a slightly different angle. She is pretty swollen, so it's somewhat challenging to change her diaper. This happened last time and the swelling went down within a day or two. [Medical-friends - what makes her swell? What about the anesthesia does that?]
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| You can see that the cast is very similar (and that she is really sad). |
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| Mr. Monkey got an ID bracelet too ... |
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| Never slept so soundly in her life. |
All in all, we are pretty pleased with today! We were praying that the outcome would be good, and this is as good as can be, according to the doctor. I am about to call the orthopaedic office to make an appointment to get the cast off - I'm excited to have that on the calendar!
UPDATE: Cast is coming off on Wednesday, July 13 at 8 am. Wooo!
Glad to hear it went well! 4 weeks will pass by so quickly and then she'll have the rest of the summer to crawl and swim and be back to her active self!
ReplyDeleteYay for only 4 more weeks!!!! The swelling, I would say, is most likely related to the iv fluids they give her during the surgery. I bet she'll have some big pee pees and it will go away.
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