Day After
Okay, wow. Sorry I wasn’t able to give an update sooner. They turned my phone off at one point to let her sleep and I see I missed some calls and texts. I was pretty distracted. Laelia’s surgery went well. They did her “good” side first so surgery was easier. She only had three toes worked on rather than all five (little toes were “good enough” they said), and only one pin instead of several. Those are things they don’t determine until they’re in there getting their hands dirty, but we’re glad it went well.
Laelia had high anxiety for the first nine hours afterwards which the nurse said was probably because she was non-verbal and stressed out. She doesn’t know why she’s in pain or what will hurt her. Her oxygen levels were “too low” so they have her on oxygen, but she didn’t know if the tank would hurt her. Her pulse is constantly shooting between 160 and 180 (and it should be between 100-120). Everyone has asked if she had a cold or some other illness before surgery! No!!! What??! Her breathing is raspy, but I swear she was 100% perfect before surgery. She also freaks out if you break physical contact. But I guess the surgery went well and these are some post surgery hurdles that many parents deal with. I think it will be better if we can take her home. Since she’s not eating or drinking yet, they won’t release her until she can take oral medicine.
Sorry visiting didn’t work out very well. She just wasn’t doing well. We’re letting her rest now.
I’m just picking up some things at home and rushing back. So I’ll have to tell you all about how I almost killed some nurses later. 
Thanks for the prayers and positive thoughts our way! We appreciate it! I honestly don’t know if we can do this again in two weeks. We may have to put it off. Keep the prayers coming!
~Alexis
PS: Charley called and said she took some apple sauce, so that’s a good thing. We’ll try the oral medications in a few hours!
