Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Successful Surgery - We're already home

Molly is still asleep in the car, but we are home. The surgery went well and the staff was extremely sensitive and cautious with their care of Molly. We gave her Versed (which makes her a bit dopey and helped get her into the OR with minimal drama. She definitely remembered her last surgery and said "this is a different 'hosipal' (hospital)". They let me bring her back to the OR and she did cry a little as we left Jim. They had me hold her as they put the mask on to put her to sleep. Very odd being there as they did this. I then placed her on the operating table and everyone assured me they understood the concerns of handling someone with OI.

It was a little over 2.5 hours after that that they came to get me. She woke up feisty and asking for me. It was hard going back to recovery. Her face was puffy and her lips and mouth area are swollen and a bit bloody. She was crying/fussing and a bit ornery. They gave her some medication and she settled down quickly.

She told us she hurt and was very fussy. We got her to take a few sips of juice, so they started the discharge paperwork. She fell asleep on the way downstairs, so we are hoping that a lot of her fussy behavior was just the fact that she is tired. We will see when she wakes up. The top front 4 teeth are white, but the rest are all metal. I haven't had a chance to really take a look, but it was hard to see so much metal in her mouth. I hope that it won't look too strange - especially to her peers. They told us she can get white ones when she gets older if she feels it is important. At least she should now have functioning teeth! I think this is going to be a big improvement for her.

We will keep you posted. Thanks for thinking of her today and wishing her well.

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