....to recovery....but we're finally on the right route! LOL Surgery yesterday went very well. She was nervous, I was a wreck, but we made it through. A small scare before surgery with some meds. They gave her an antibiotic IV that in 15% of people that are allergic to penicillan (her!) would react to it. Yup, you guessed it, she did. Scared the crap outta me. From her shoulders up, she was covered in red welts. They gave her a dose of Benedryl and it cleared right up. The Benedryl along with the nice "cocktail" they gave her a bit before and she was pretty stupid. Loved it!
The Dr said her surgery went very smoothly (about 1.5 hours) and that they didn't need to repair the meniscus as it tore in a "good" spot and would heal on it's own. They reconstructed the ACL with no complications.
She got a nerve block to numb her entire left leg, and general to knock her out. The nerve block is JUST wearing off now (36 hours later) and it was only supposed to last 10-13 hours. Lucky her! But not now, it's really hurting and the pain meds are coming in handy now.
I'm getting up every 2 hours to change her ice packs, which of course wakes her up, so we're both pretty tired, but it'll get better.
That's about it. Here a couple pics of her "healing" as she calls it. The first is right when we got home. She doesn't even remember COMING home. But she did want 'bear'. Tough girl. HAHA The 2nd was this morning. What more could a girl want as long as she's got a laptop and her cell within reach. But look at how pale she is! Poor kiddo.
OK dammit, they posted at the top and won't move for me. Deal with it people, it's close to midnight for this mama. Love ya!
3 comments:
Been waiting for this. Glad she got through surgery well. Keep us updated. Wish I could give her a hug :(
Love that she still needs her Teddy Bear......Keep the updates coming. Speedy Recovery Alyssa!!!
Hope the recovery is going well!!!
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