UPDATE: Having a lot of pain this afternoon. Lots of tears and screaming. Morphine every hour seems to be helping and allows her to sleep some. Hoping to stay on top of it now.
Julia is out of surgery. Everything went well. Dr. Pranikoff was actually surprised at how good things looked inside. He was expecting to encounter an abdomen full of scar tissue from her radical nephrectomy surgery. Truly miraculous when you consider that after her kidney and the tumor were removed two years ago, he then had to explore and remove all her abdominal organs and then put everything back in. He also did an umbilical hernia repair at the same time. For today's surgery, he went in expecting the worst and hours of work ahead. He was very surprised to find very little in the way of adhesions, which is great news, a huge blessing, and an answer to prayer.
The Mic-Key button is in place. For now it will just be flushed with saline until she is given the go ahead at a future post-op appointment to begin trying to use it.
She was doing great when she woke up in recovery. The nurses all kept commenting she looked like she had just come out of a beauty appointment, not the OR. She is still winning everyone over with those curls of hers. She is having some pain, obviously. As usual, she is slow to admit it. When she began to cry hard they went ahead with the morphine.
They were able to get her a room on the 9th floor (peds oncology) so that she is in familiar surroundings with staff she knows. Thank you, thank you to everyone who made that possible! It was very comforting to her to be pushed down the hall and see all her friends, saying "Hi, Julia!" She is now tucked safely in her bed, in a nest of pillows, watching Noggin and drinking her water.
This girl loves her water! Daddy took her out to breakfast last weekend and she came bursting through the door, "Mommy, guess what I had at Tex & Shirley's?" The answer? "They have the best ice water!" She knows what she likes.
So now we rest and recover. And Mommy is secretly hoping for a nap. It's weird to put in a 7hr day by 10:30am. Thank you for all your love and prayers :)
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The Mic-Key button is in place. For now it will just be flushed with saline until she is given the go ahead at a future post-op appointment to begin trying to use it.
She was doing great when she woke up in recovery. The nurses all kept commenting she looked like she had just come out of a beauty appointment, not the OR. She is still winning everyone over with those curls of hers. She is having some pain, obviously. As usual, she is slow to admit it. When she began to cry hard they went ahead with the morphine.
They were able to get her a room on the 9th floor (peds oncology) so that she is in familiar surroundings with staff she knows. Thank you, thank you to everyone who made that possible! It was very comforting to her to be pushed down the hall and see all her friends, saying "Hi, Julia!" She is now tucked safely in her bed, in a nest of pillows, watching Noggin and drinking her water.
So now we rest and recover. And Mommy is secretly hoping for a nap. It's weird to put in a 7hr day by 10:30am. Thank you for all your love and prayers :)
6 comments:
Praise God!
Rejoicing with you that she did so well. Praying for pain reduction for JuJu and rest for you all.
So glad and thankful things went better than expected. I'll be praying that the hours to come continue to go as well. May God continue to hold you close.
So thankful . . .
Thank God everything went well. We will continue to pray for Julia and all of you.
From one abdominal surgery veteran to another... I'm praying for pain control for Julia... and for comfort for mom and dad.
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