She's doing so well

It has been 4 full weeks since Baby Girl had her decompression surgery.  I am amazed every day at how well she has done.  The outer stitches are working their way out now, causing some bumps and soreness, but otherwise, she is doing great.

We've had a few scares with school since she went back.  One kid hit her hard in the head near her incision, on purpose.  Ugg..  Had to call the school on that one.  Another was a relative who grabbed her by the head and gave it a shake.  To see if her brain would fall out.  It was meant in fun, but I had to let his mom know about it.  Thankfully, she was only sore after the first hit, and okay after the shake.  Oh, and she got hit in the head at lunch by a basketball.  GRRRRRRR   It makes it hard on momma not to just run into the school and scream at these insensitive kids.

I think Brother was worried about the surgery.  He has been hanging out with her more, teasing her more, and just being more goofy than normal with her.  Brother told me that he was really scared when they took her into surgery that morning.  That is a huge thing for him to admit to.

Thanks to all our friends during this time.  And our supportive family.  All the calls and visits have meant so much to us.


It's not pretty, but is healing up pretty well.  :)

Two Weeks Post-Op

It is hard to believe we are already 2 weeks post-op decompression surgery on Baby Girl!

She went back to school on Wednesday and has been doing amazing.  Her friends were all so glad to see her and she missed everyone.  So far, we have only had some soreness in the incision site after a long day.  Plus the itching.  Oh the itching of the incision site!  Lol   She is ready to wash her hair with something besides the baby shampoo they recommended.

It certainly has been a difficult time keeping her slowed down during this recovery time.  Because her headache is finally gone, she feels like a new person.  So, she has been trying to be a typical 13 year-old.  She went trick-or-treating with her younger cousins on Friday, and had a blast.  She was caught running from house to house and had to be reminded to slow down a bit.  Our biggest risk right now is falling and hurting her head since she has not finished healing yet.  Plus, their grade went ice skating on Friday and she went along and hung out with everyone instead of skating.

We have our followup with our surgeon on Friday of this week to see how she is recovering.  I know that he will be further amazed by how well she is doing.  We have 3 month MRI down the road to give them a base line for future, but otherwise, she will be totally released to grow up and be herself.  No contact sports until the MRI, but that is about all.

We are thankful to be so blessed right now.