Safely through surgery!

It has been an emotional roller coaster this week.  Baby Girl had to be at the hospital at 5:45 am.  MRI of her spine was 7:30 am under sedation.  They then rolled her into surgery.  Hours of waiting for my baby.  Thankfully, the hospital staff called with updates after the MRI and during surgery.  But still the waiting.  My family support system is great.  My dad and brother both flew in from down south, and the ex drove all night to be there for the day.  Hubby and my son and I had quite the crowd of men to contend with and chat with for the day.

Our doctor is amazing.  He only cut a tiny amount of hair on her head and even braided her pigtails.  I've seen some other peoples' incisions and they look gross, as thick as a pencil, skin all weird.  Not my Baby Girl's!  We finally got to see her in recovery at 2:30 pm and were amazed at how well she was doing.

I will spare you all the details of the first night, but I don't think I slept more than 10 minutes each hour.  My Baby Girl was a baby grizzly bear!  Could have had something to do with the nurses coming in every hour, turning on the lights, and shining flashlights in her eyes.  But the staff in ICU was amazing and kind.  We could not have asked for more caring staff.

Day 2 brought her around like she had barely even had anything done.  Not eating much but drinking some liquids.  Therapy staff came and asked a few questions about school and home then took her for a walk.  She came back smiling, and they were so pleased at what she was able to do so soon after surgery.

Day 3 visit from the surgeon and we were told we could go home because she was doing more than they expected her to do.  Motor skills were great, walking up stairs and down, anything they wanted.  So a few hours later, we unloaded the car and settled back into our normal life again.