Surgery update #8

Tess got some solid chunks of sleep last night. She was up at 11:00 and 3:00, but was able to go back to sleep. Unfortunately, 6:00 am was her first dose of oral medicine so she had to be up for that and was not too happy.

Last evening was a bit rough because she went through some episodes of coughing and then puking. She's also much more swollen than back in January. We weren't able to get her to smile or do anthing before Denise went home at 10:00 pm so we're hoping today starts off better. I asked her for a high five and she shook her head at me, so at least that's some sort of reaction!

The only main thing that's different than back in January is that she still has her epidural. Denise and I are convinced that's what's causing the difference in behavior. Anyhow, that was shut off at 6:00 am and we'll be on oral pain medication going forward.

Still hoping we get to go home today!

I owe everyone a post about her hips and I'll do that later this morning.

 We brought this duct tape from home and the nurses used it to make a bow for her hair. 

Tuesday afternoon right when we got up to our room.