Discharged 9-21-18

We're out of here!! It's a personal record.. 3 1/2 hours after being admitted for surgery we are heading home! She had a really loose tooth going into surgery so they ended up pulling I out after they sedated her. She came out with her tooth and a dollar in a specimen jar. Tooth fairy gets to come twice today! She is so excited to not have that expander in anymore and she has no pain meds on board and is feeling great! She's our hero!!

Out of surgery

She is out of surgery and her surgeon said everything went great. He doesn't even think she'll need any pain meds! We will get to head back and see her soon! Thanks for all of the prayers!

8th surgery underway 9-21-18

They took her back about 10 minutes ago. They anticipate it to take around 30 minutes. Prayers for our baby girl and her doctors!

8th surgery tomorrow 9-21-18

Having fun at soccer

The day has finally come to remove the palate expander that they put in back in May.  It has been in for 4 months and 10 days.  The surgery is scheduled for 7:30 am.  It should be a quick and easy procedure.  They usually don't do this procedure in an operating room but since they had to pin the expander onto her tooth they will have to sedate her to remove it and since her airway is so compromised she will need to be intubated.  They expect it to take around an hour total.  We are hopeful that we should be able to go back home tomorrow afternoon but we will wait and see how she is coming out of anesthesia and go from there. There is always a risk with anesthesia especially when her airway is so tiny and this will be the 8th time so please say a prayer that everything goes smoothly tomorrow.  As always we'll keep you updated when we can! 

Goofing around with Dad at the store