On Monday July 9 Ella went in for the long awaited surgeries. She was scheduled for 2 surgeries but ended up only having one done. She came thru the surgery great, done well with the anesthesia and woke up like normal. After she came out of recovery it was pretty rough, she was in a lot of pain and was very fussy. They gave her morphine and loretab but she still did not sleep any that night, so needless to say by Tuesday morning she and I both were worn out. After the house doctor came by to check on her they decided to go ahead and do the surgery they had not done on Monday, which was to put the tube in her right ear. Clint and I did not know what to do! We did not want to put her to sleep again but on the other hand we were already there and she was all ready prepped for surgery so we went ahead... The doctor came out of surgery tells us everything went great! Thank god! Ok Its over sent us down to her room and said we would see her in 15min or so. While we were sitting in her room waiting they called me from recovery and said not to be alarmed but they could not get her to wake up. WHAT? Don't be alarmed? Ok They said she is moving a little but we can't get her to respond or open her eyes so it may be a little while. So we just sat there and waited...Finally after about 30min the decided to bring her to me, she had still not woke up, but as soon as she heard my voice she popped open those little eyes. What a little stinker!!! That was a little scary!!! The whole day after that surgery she never really woke up good and had trouble breathing and was on oxygen most of the night. This outpatient surgery turned out to be a true 3 day stress filled circus!!! Finally on Wednesday evening we got to come home.
Wednesday night was very long. She woke up about every two hours and started throwing up every time we fed her. By 5 in the morning she had developed a fever and by 2 on Thursday we were back at the hospital. Now we are home and thanks to lots of prayer Ella is finally starting to feel better. She is still not back to normal but we are getting there...but I can't wait to see her pretty smile again. Thank you to everyone for remembering Ella and our family in your prayers!
Melissa
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3 comments:
It was good to get an update. I've been thinking about you guys and wondering. I'm glad to hear everything went well.Your family is still in my prayers! Hang in there Melissa!
Melissa,
I'm not sure if you remember me, but I went to high school with you. I'm a year younger than you. I've been reading your blog, I got it off Lindsey's page. I just wanted to tell you that your family is in my prayers. Your daughter is beautiful!!!
Denira (baird) Williams
So glad it went well. I know it had to be a hard time but God will always bring you through :)
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