They told us yesterday morning that Cat was on for surgery at 3:15pm. Brandon planned to spend the night so I could go home, then I would come up to the hospital at 1 after our son got on the bus for preschool. As I was leaving for home last night, the doctor had read a note from the surgeon saying she was moved to 5pm.
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| 11:30 am- Surgery got moved up |
I went home for the first time since last Monday and slept like a rock from 10-6. I was able to eat breakfast and watch Super Why with my 5yr old- which we both needed. I was very surprised when Brandon called me at 11:30am to tell me they were taking Cataleya to surgery in half hour. I wanted to see her one more time trach-free and kiss her before surgery. There was no way to get the in time, so I had to let Cataleya and her Daddy do this without me. Letting go is hard for me.
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| All Ready to go down to the O.R. |
When I got to the hospital at 1:45, they were already back in her room. Brandon had put her earrings back after they took them out before surgery, and he took appropriate pre- and post- op pictures for the blog.
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| Post-op- 1:30pm |
They left Cat sedated and paralyzed for today with the plan to start lifting the meds tomorrow. She will have to stay relatively still and breathe with the ventilator in order to stay less drugged, but I think she'll do OK.
The whole day feels pretty anticlimactic. She had a breathing tube and was sleeping yesterday- she has a breathing tube and is sleeping today. The only difference is that she doesn't have tape all over her face.
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| 9pm- Snuggled in for the night |
I'm getting all my trach training done- which consists of watching videos, reading some paperwork, and filling out a few forms. Next week, I'll actually be doing the stuff on Cat, but we have to wait until her stitches are out.
Cataleya is very swollen and doesn't quite look like herself. They are working on getting her peeing and once she can move that edema will go down.
So we made it to Trach Town. So far, it's not very exciting. I think we'll be fine with that.
You all have been so brave through this whole thing. I'm glad things went as smoothly as they could, and I'm sad for you that you didn't get to see her before the surgery. Thanks for the update.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking that Cat's change in sugery time was probably a blessing in disguise. "Final moments" are hard enough and I'm guessing you were already emotionally and physically spent. You needed the Mommy Time Out!
ReplyDeleteOn a side note, I was surprised you hadn't updated yesterday so I jumped on just to see if maybe the "email updates" feature wasn't working. Checked spam and wasn't there either. Maybe I typed my email wrong? I will try again.
She looks beautiful even when she's swollen!!!
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