Home early with our Thanksgiving Turkey!!

First and foremost - thanks to everyone for their kind messages/ emails/ phone calls etc!  We are so touched that so many people are concerned about Nicole!

Nicole came through the surgery really well.  Tuesday night was a little rough, she was on morphine and in pain and just did not understand what was happening.  Did I mention the arm restraints???  That pretty much added insult to injury!  She came out of the anesthetic about 6 pm and only wanted me to hold her until around 10 pm - not a happy camper... can't say I blame her.  She has well over 100 stitches on the inside and outside of her mouth holding it together.  She is somewhat akin to a Turkey sewn up for Thanksgiving (without the stuffing of course)!

Wednesday morning was a lot better, she drank quite a bit and ate (which she loves to do) so the nurses decided that we were better off out of their hair!  I wasn't about to argue... I still haven't had that glass of wine....

Overall last night went well.  Unfortunately Nicole developed a low grade fever and a cold so we are keeping her comfortable and as quiet as possible with Tylenol and Elmo videos - I know, I know - drugging and throwing a kid in front of the TV probably isn't the answer but I am not very creative.  While she is still not happy with the arm restraints, even less happy with the liquid diet (especially while watching her sister eat yummy solid foods) and still swollen and sore, she is still fairly good natured.  I don't know if I could say that I would be as pleasant given the situation.

Here are some pics of the "new and improved" Nicole - quite a drastic change and we are thrilled with the results.  Keep in mind, most of these were taken shortly after surgery and we are still less than 48 hours out so there is still quite a bit of swelling.  WE ARE GLAD TO BE HOME!!!

Thoughts from the waiting room

Today is the day!  John and I are sitting in the waiting room and little Nicole is in surgery.  She was in fabulous spirits, especially considering she had nothing to eat since last night!  She spent the morning watching Alex run in the area Cross Country meet - on a VERY positive note, Alex came 19th out of 235 Grade 2 girls!  Unfortunately Alex's success on the field was dampened by her having to say goodbye to her sister... She was quite choked up when we left.  Luckily, with the wonders of the modern world, we will be able to FaceTime through the week.

Back to Nicole, she was all smiles in the waiting area and even shook the hands of the doctors as they came to see her.  I figured that if she was ever going to suck up to anyone... These were definitely the guys to suck up to!  She was quite thrilled to be wheeled away to the OR in a little wagon.  I am also happy to report that neither John or I burst into tears as she was wheeled away.  Truth be told however, I could really use a glass of wine right now!  She is 2 hours into a 3 hour operation right now and we will see her in Recovery.  She will likely be out for the rest of the night, I will stay with her and John will go home to stay with Alex and come back in the a.m.

Not much else to report... We are both bored and trying to make time go faster.

Will update more as we know it!