Thursday, September 23, 2010

Shiloh's Surgery....

Today Shiloh had surgery at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Chuck, Shiloh and I left for CHOA at 6:30am, leaving Poppy to take Dakota to school for us. (Dakota was excited to have Poppy's special attention.) We got to CHOA around 7:45 am and Shiloh entertained all the staff by prancing her cute little self up and down the hallways in full open throttle! She took her pre-meds like a champ and Chuck and I laughed as the Versed kicked in and she swayed side to side and had a hard time keeping her eyes open. She was groggy by the time they came to take her back to the OR. They allowed me to go with her and she held my hand and her own face mask on until she was asleep. (No one cried at this time but Mommy...only when I returned to tell Baba all the details.) In no time, the ENT came by to say the ear tubes were in and there were no issues. Our Pastor and another church elder came by which was a nice surprise. The Dental doc came out to let us know he had capped her two front teeth, filled 5 cavities and everything else looked OK for now such as Xrays. He mentioned that a lot of what they thought were cavities, were really misformed teeth which is common for cleft kids. Maybe thirty minutes later, Shiloh was rolled back in the room and slept for probably 40 minutes. She woke up a little unsure and wanted Baba. He got her to drink apple juice and little by little she was back to her old self. Personally we would like to have some of the Versed to give her nightly for sleep, but we will stick to the benadryl....LOL! So this afternoon we are home and Shiloh seems to be doing very well. She will get Tylenol, motrin and ear drops around the clock for this first day. Chuck and I actually think she may be talking a little better on some words....not sure if this is possible being it is only the day of surgery. I have noticed she is really picking up on talking more the last two weeks but today I have noticed some words even more clear than usual. (This is what we were hoping for!) Hope to post pics later on...

4 comments:

Andrea said...

So glad to hear her surgeries went well. I know what you mean about the Versed...we could use some at our house too!! Hopefully the first night goes smoothly and she heals up quickly. Remind me again...is her palate repaired? We get to have that surgery scheduled towards the end of October. Not sure if I'm ready???

Tracey said...

Mission accomplished on surviving this tough day. Glad to hear it went well. It only gets better from here.

strandfam said...

Glad shiloh is doing well. It is so hard to see them go through these things. So happy she had her mommy and daddy this time!

Tammy ~ Country Girl at Home ~ said...

Hey Kim & Chuck,

Glad it all went well! I was thinking about ya'll! Will try to call this weekend! It's harder on us parents than them! I know I couldn't stand it when they put Luke to sleep for the MRI, but he was a trooper!

Shiloh is blooming before our very eyes! She's such a cutie and it seems like she's been with ya'll forever now! :)

Have a great weekend!
Tammy