Pre- and post-op pics

Sunday, March 15

Here are some pictures from the last couple of days, pre-op and post-op. Faith is feeling much better already this morning, needing less pain meds, and even giving us smiles! They are starting feeds now, at 5 mL/hr.

Faith's last night with the nasty nose tube and tape mustache!"Please God, let the surgery go well, so they can get this yucky tube out of my nose!"Our room, pre-op. They have to take Faith down in a warmer instead of her bed.Pre-op, downstairs in the OR holding areaMommy and Meema in the pre-op holding area... Faith's looking pretty yellow here...First post-op back in her room, not feeling too great...Post-op, trying to rest but we still had messing to do (getting the orange off of her)This is a close-up of her tube. I have no idea what it will look like for real, because right now they just have the Corpak tube taped in place, but I know it can't stay that way or I won't be able to change the gauze under the g-tube...Post-op last night, resting with the help of some Ativan...Feeling much better today!

Post-op, surgery #6

Saturday, March 14
Well, everything went fine. They got her tube put in with less trouble than they thought it would be (just from scar tissue/adhesions from her prior surgeries). She isn't big enough for an official G-J tube, so hers is a little different. They put in a regular G-button and fed a Corpac tube (just like the ones they put down her nose) into it and down to her intestine, and then taped the Corpac tube in place. I don't really know a whole lot about it yet, but I'll have to take a class this week, probably on Tuesday, so I should know more then. (Although I wonder how much of the stuff will apply, since her tube is different...)
I told Dr. Partrick our scheduled departure date, so everyone who needs to know is now aware (Jann the case manager talked to Dr. Soden the other day.) And Dr. Sandoval was there for the surgery, which was reassuring, knowing that the same people who'd done all of her surgeries were taking care of her again.
I'm slightly overwhelmed by the amount of stuff that needs to get done this week to be ready to go, but I know it'll get done somehow. Please everyone pray that her recovery from this goes smoothly and that nothing unexpected (negative, anyway) happens so we can take our trip as planned!