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| Last of the Pedialyte |
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| Not that thrilled |
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| Preacher Abby |
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| No Food, no smile |
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| Lets get this thing over with! |
We just got back from the hospital and are trying to settle in. Abigail was released this afternoon and we stopped off to get some prescriptions on our way home. The surgery on her bottom Monday morning was successful and she was recovering in her room by early afternoon. She had a short bout with pain right after she got back but it wasn't that bad in hindsight. She had a decent day Tuesday but by the time the anesthesia and strong pain medications wore off on Tuesday night, she was progressively getting worse. She started getting uncomfortable and would whimper, scratch her face, kick her legs and arch her back with ten/twenty minutes in between episodes.
By the time Wednesday afternoon came around she continued to have these pain episodes with just a few seconds of down time in between. We were doing all we could do, which was very little. We couldn't pick her up, give her a bottle, or give her extra pain medication. It was excruciating to watch and not be able to help. Finally, the pain management team tried Ativan, and it calmed her. Someone came to the conclusion that it was probably muscle spasms and Ativan did the trick. She got some much needed rest and was allowed to have some pedialyte through her g-button shortly after.
Thursday she was feeling better and was being weaned off of the stronger pain medications. Abby was also allowed to have formula which meant that she needed to get rid of all of what she was eating. Once she did that we were one step closer to going home. After a much better, but still tiresome night, we made it through Thursday. Friday afternoon the doctor came by came by and said she was ready to go home.
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| Grandmother Jane entertaining me |
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| Kick the bubbles |
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| Whoaaa! |
So - thank you all for praying for our little girl. Your prayers are greatly appreciated and we remain humbled by your support. We are hopeful that she will have a speedy recovery and we can report more progress soon.
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| On my way outta here! |
PS we are wiped out so it may be a bit before the next post.
4 comments:
Sounds like a long week! Glad she's home. Hoping you all can get some rest this weekend!
Now that last picture...that smile is absolutely priceless! So glad you are home!
Abigail is BEAUTIFUL!!! I am so glad the last picture of her smiling was there!! Lots of prayers for you and your sweet Abigail.
Abigail is cute, cute, cute. So glad she has that surgery overwith. Hope to see ya'll soon and see how well she is doing.
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