Bright and early at the Children's Hospital--Rachel gives a 'thumbs up' for the upcoming surgery...The night before, Bailey told her about how HORRIBLE having your tonsils out is....So, this smile means a LOT. It shows Rachel being brave...And being positive! Way To Go!
Pre-Op. LOTS of waiting! Thank goodness for the TV and CARTOONS! We spent our time talking and being silly for some pictures.
Rachel had 5 different doctors come in, to evaluate her. ALL of the doctors were familiar with Neurofibromatosis...And since Rachel has some "abnormal issues" going on in her throat...It was so reassuring to have ALL of our docs on the same page.
Right before Rachel went off...We said a prayer....All of Rachel's nurses commented on how good she was being....And I have to agree....I'm so proud of her!
After surgery (which took about an hour and a half) I was told that Rachel had a "more than average" amount of bleeding, so our recovery would PROBABLY be a little longer....
Then Rachel began vomiting...and got a little fever....So we we told we would most likely stay the night....Poor Rachel was in so much pain.....
Our nurse put some anti-nausea meds into the IV and we waited....
THANKFULLY...the meds did the trick! And on the way home (as promised) we stopped for Mcdonalds ice cream....
Rachel konked out on the couch and has been pretty much sleeping since we got home...
THANK YOU ALL
for the prayers and good thoughts!!
I'm late in seeing this but sounds like she did well! I hope she's on the mend! My son Andy's came out at age 4 on the same day as his sister (I think we were crazy)! The funny thing is he did better with the palate reconstruction surgery at age 5 (due to his speech problems) than he did with his tonsils. It took a few weeks to get back to "normal."
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