Georgia had surgery to have her adenoids removed (to help prevent so many sinus infections) and her abductor tendons release (severed). She had the tendon release to hopefully prevent her hip from completely coming out of socket. Right now her left hip is about 60% out of socket and her right hip is about 10% out of socket. At first the plan was just to do the left leg. I was a little nervous beause when pre-surgery called to get her medical history they said it was the right leg. I tried to correct them and they just said "you can talk to the doctor tomorrow." You bet I talked to the doctor and even she was confused. She ended up doing 4 tendons in the left leg and one in the right. We had to be to the hospital at 6 a.m. so Eden spent the night at Jane's house.
Poor baby was sooo tired. We had to feed her at midnight and then give her meds at 4:30 a.m. Its not right to put kids in a stressful situation and then sleep deprive them.
All ready for surgery.
Waiting to meet with the surgeons.
We finally got the correct leg narrowed down and I personally watched Dr. Hennessey mark the left leg.
Then it was time to wait. The surgeries were supposed to take about an hour and a half so we headed to the cafeteria. I got my favorite bran muffin and they had delicious blueberry pancakes with the most amazing syrup.
The tell tale sign of a parent waiting for their child in surgery, the pink ID bracelet and name tag.
Poor baby, finally out of surgery. She was bruised and battered and oh so sleepy.
Daddy was tired too.
Normally these surgeries are same day surgeries but because Georgia always has a difficult recovery and doesn't do well with pain and has seizures, she was admitted. Orders were left for morphine, Lortab and Valium.
She had to have this pillow between her legs.
I love the orange legs. Is she an oompa loompa or just have a bad spray tan? Why if the surgery was at her groin area did they have to paint her entire leg orange?
Luckily she did really well in the hospital. She started eating right away. Drinking a bottle is kind of hard for her. She didn't need any morphine. We were able to go home the next day.
This is the greatest thing when you are in the hospital. It means you get to go home. I remember when Georgia was in the hospital for almost a month and I was sooo jealous of parents with this bag.
Once we got out of the hospital we went to Shriner's Hospital to get Georgia fitted for her brace which she will have to wear for 6 weeks. I misunderstood and thought she would only have to wear the brace full time for a couple weeks and then she only had to wear it at night but apparently she has to wear it all the time for 6 weeks and then after that wear it at night. We are home now and she's doing pretty well. She has those moments where she wimpers and cries, usually about a half hour before I can give her more Lortab. She's been very mellow because of the Valium but it also helps her with her seizures. The hardest part is its hard to hold her and she gets so frustrated and upset that she's not being held. We also have had to get up throughout the night to give her meds. Its exhausting! We've had a lot of help with Eden and people in my ward brought dinner for a few nights so all of that was very helpful. Its going to be a long 6 weeks but we'll figure it out somehow. I just feel so bad for poor little Georgia. I hope she heals soon.
