One week later

Sorry it's been awhile since I've posted, but things have been busy!  Faith's surgery went well last week, but as many of you know, she had to go back to surgery yesterday for a hardware adjustment because the two front screws had pulled out.  Below are some pictures from her surgery last week:

Anthony patiently hanging out in the 

waiting room while Faith was in surgery

Faith just waking up from Anesthesia

Anthony's first time to see Faith the next morning

Faith's new hardware

At home, after getting pins turned; not happy, but doing okay

Turning her baby doll's pretend pins helped her forget about her own

Doing puzzles with Daddy totally back to normal

Fred and Anthony went back to Colorado yesterday morning, it was sad to see them leave but we are doing video calls so we can at least see each other and the kids when we talk. Being apart for 4 weeks stinks and really why was it so important for Anthony not to miss 6 weeks of PRE-school??  I know it was best, but sure not liking it right now!

Yesterday's surgery (Faith's 7th) was very fast, less than a half hour and thankfully the recovery nurse was really helpful in trying to get us out of there  quickly so I could get her into bed at home instead of being there for hours.  Faith was very upset after this surgery although we were pretty sure she wasn't in pain because she was stilled numbed with a local anesthetic in her mouth and she would shake her head "no" when I signed "owie?" to her.  It was the first time she had fentanyl for pain med (a different narcotic instead of morphine), so perhaps she doesn't do well with that one and we will try to avoid it in the future.  

Today is day 5 of turning her pins and I think we will be trying to turn for about 10 more days give or take a couple.  I personally can't tell yet if her jaw is moving forward, but I will take some new pictures in another day or so and then post some before and part way pics to compare.  

Terry is on the road now, just called to say she has about 2 more hours to get here - it appears to be turning into a much longer drive than expected!  So how did both Perry and Keenan know better than Google Maps or AAA that it wasn't going to be an 8.5 hour drive?  Has nothing changed in all the years since you guys did this drive (for college I'm guessing?).  I feel bad about it taking so long, but so happy she is coming.  Faith can stay up late tonight so the long drive will have been worth it for her!

More soon,

Robin