Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Post-Op Day 2

Well last night was not as great as we had hoped. Eric and I decided to wake her to keep her on her pain meds and in hindsight…not the best decision. We should have let her sleep. She had a hard time breathing through her nose and is sounded much like congestion from a cold. That phlegmy rattling breathing in the throat and nose. You could tell it bothered her. When we woke her at 1 am she was to console and put back down. We finally got her to rest in our bed with us and there she slept the rest of the night. We abandoned the 4 am meds. She woke up with her head at the foot of the bed and Eric was holding her leg to make sure she didn’t slip off. When we she roused herself crying at 6 am, we discovered she had a horrible fever. It registered a 101.2 but her ear canals are all weird and she was squirming, if you had felt her you’d know the fever was much higher. She got a dose of pain meds that had fever reducer in it and at best it held the fever at bay until we could get her Ibuprofen at 9 am. She was very miserable until that time, hard to console and wanted to be held while standing…friends she weighs 30 pounds and when she is sick she doesn’t hang on to you to “help” you.

We called the doctor at 6:30 am and his opinion was that the fever was in no way related to the surgeries. It was likely a cold, the flu or sometimes kids get a post-op fever. But he told me not to worry much as long as she eats and drinks. At 9 am she got the Ibu and then she slept for about an hour on Mama. When she woke up she was much better. She has been fairly perky during the day but you can tell she is wearing down. Plus, while she has drank quite a bit today she hasn’t eaten much food. We aren’t sure if the fever is gone as we are giving her meds every 3 hours that would control it. I think she has run hot most of the day. We are deciding NOT to wake her tonight for meds. If she wakes with pain we will medicate her but she doesn’t seem to really be phased by her mouth. It was the fever that upset her today. We extended her wait by one hour for her most recent pain med dosing and she didn’t seem to notice. I just gave her the hydrocodone and some Benadryl (she is itching from the hydro).  So hopefully that combo will help her sleep tonight, through the night. She is in bath time with sister right now and for the most part all is well. We are very pleased and are so thankful to our Savior who set up this surgery for her before he even created her. His provision is great and we are thankful for it this day!

Here is a cute picture of Eden…just for fun!

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