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