Hospital Day Two

Charlie came out of surgery just fine yesterday.  The doctor said everything went exactly as planned.  Had to cut the bone and trim a lot of tissue to make the ball joint fit into the socket, but it's in there now.  We just have to keep our fingers crossed that it stays in the socket.  Hopefully the cast will do it's job. 

In the meantime, Charlie is mostly just sleeping of all the medicine that was pumped into her yesterday.  Surgery for 6 hours means a lot of anesthesia.  She opened her eyes every once in awhile yesterday, but went right back to sleep.  We finally got her to take a bottle of milk last night, but she hasn't really eaten anything yet.  She's on an IV right now, though, so she doesnt have to eat.  She can just sleep.  She was pretty swollen yesterday from all the medicine and all the tubes and procedures.  She didn't look a lot like Charlie when we first saw her.  But the swelling has gone down and her sweet little face and other than looking sleepy, she's Charlie as we knew her. 

Today she's more aware of the pain. She's opened her eyes a lot more.  She cries out but its not very loud because she had a tube in her throat during surgery and she's pretty froggy.  The surgery she had causes these spasms that are pretty startling, but the doctor said that was pretty standard.  They've been giving her valium for the pain and she pretty much needs it every three hours.  But again, this is pretty standard.  In fact this is almost exactly like last time.  Which, I guess, is a good sign.  It means she's progressing like she should.  Charlie is a trooper, you guys.  She's a straight up super hero.

We've kept the room kinda dark so she can relax and sleep but here are a few pictures I did snap yesterday of her and the cast (she doesn't look like a turtle at all.  I dont think our doctor has ever seen a turtle.  Sad.):

Im ready to get her out of all of the hospital gowns and blankets and back into her regular jammies and cute cuddly blankets.  But she's comfortable and sleeping and thats whats important, so we'll leave her alone.  We're going to Target tonight after she goes down for the evening.  Maybe I'll get her some cute jammies and a robe and some new bunny slippers.  We plan to get her a baby bean bag chair which should make sitting easier and more comfortable.  She won't be able to sit up like she used to, but she should still be able to sit in her high chair and in bouncy chairs.  The doctor said she may be able to walk if she really wants to.  But that's later down the road.  Today, we're resting, we're happy she's doing so well, we're looking forward to going home tomorrow, we're missing brother, and we're all hanging in there.

Thanks to everyone for the love, thoughts, prayers, and support.  They've all been working!