We Are Outta Here–Surgery Update

The Lord is so faithful to our family and this incredible girl. When Hope’s surgery was completed her doctor came to speak to us. He was extremely confident that this would be her last palate revision. While he couldn’t “promise” that, he was very confident, much like he was with her lip repair. Interestingly, the doctor said that her palate was, “not where I left it last time.” Instead of staying where he put it in her last surgery for some bizarre reason it pulled back up. The best way to describe what happened with her soft palate is with the analogy of pulling down a window shade. Think, if you will of pulling down a window shade in terms of thirds. In December he had it pulled all the way down 3/3. But as she healed for some unknown reason, the shade pulled it self back up to about 2/3. Then scar tissue formed all around it and this is why she was still struggling with clear speech. SO, he removed all the scar tissue, pulled the shade down and pinned it there in several places to ensure it wouldn’t roll back up. Clear as mud?

Everyone remarked at how calm Hope was and downright pleasant through the entire process. Dr. Grant told us that even he went and asked her if they gave her some medicine (versaid) before coming to surgery. Nope we didn’t. She was just ready and confident in all that we told her would happen. We are so proud of her. They gave her some morphine as she was waking up and then we got some more a couple hours later around 6:00 pm. She didn’t have ANY pain meds all night and it wasn’t until about 8:30 am, that we decided to give her some meds only to help her to eat and drink. She reports no pain. Anywhere. Only when she swallows liquid or pudding. We want her to eat and drink, hence our reason for giving her something. We will go home with a light loritab concoction (which she had this morning). But when she starts to get food on her tummy we will switch to Ibuprofen. Daddy is super tired from staying the night with her. We are headed home now!She is doing so great. We are so proud of her and we are looking with much anticipation for the change she has so longed for. Thank you for all your prayers.