Good Morning!
So last night went pretty well actually...after Ally got some food in her stomach she started to get sleepy again and basically went in and out of a narcotic-hazed consciousness for most of the evening. A little after 9 and she was basically just cashed out for the night. Sleeping in her room for the night was actually very similar to the first couple nights in the hospital with a newborn. IV pumps clicking, leg pressure sleeves whirring and releasing air over and over, people coming in every couple of hours to re-administer pain meds and antibiotics. She needed help to go to the bathroom a number of times, but is walking better already. The main difference was that there was no newborn in the room that needed mom's milk or making newborn noises so in between nurse visits we both actually slept a little.
They moved her over to oral pain meds in hope that she can go home sometime after lunch today. She is definitely in pain at this point, and she's got some congestion in her throat from the tube they had down her throat to help her breath during surgery....but every time she coughs it hurts even worse. The drain tubes from the plastic surgery seem to be operating well too, so we are hopeful that both doctors sign off on allowing her to leave after they visit this morning for their post-op visits. The hospital bed she's in is too short for her with the way they have her sitting up, so it will be nice for her to get into her nice big bed at home and have some peace away from the constant motion outside her hospital room door.
I'll be taking a couple of videos this morning for Molly Grantham's blog at WBTV, and I will also post them here when they are ready. Thanks for all the notes yesterday, as they kept me busy in the waiting room for the 8 hours that I was sitting there yesterday. Talk to you soon!
Love you,
Kyle
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