June 2010
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The path to recovery
Namine is asleep, so I think now is as good a time as any to update everyone on how she’s doing. The hardest thing a parent has to do, I think, is sit and watch their child in sickness, knowing they can do little to lessen the pain, and nothing at all to improve their…
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A turn for the worse
While the cleft palate repair itself was successful, Namine has developed complications. She has had a lot more blood than the doctors expected in her stomach, which is making it upset. She almost threw up once, so they gave her something to ease the nausea. She also has quite a bit of blood in her…
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Palate closure successful!
Not long after I had finished updating the blog, Dr. Denny came out and said he was done. It turns out that since Namine was already asleep, he just started without coming to talk to us.
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And now, to wait
We just got back here in the waiting room, after they took Namine back for surgery. The operating doctor, Dr. Denny, is stuck in traffic, but he’s going to come out and talk to us before starting the procedure. We think the surgery will take about 2 hours, but we’ll see, I guess. It’s about…
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Tomorrow is the big day
Well, kids, it’s almost here: the cleft palate repair. Namine is scheduled to be taken back for surgery at 7:30, and we have to be at the hospital by 6. As we’re used to by now, she’ll only get her night feed until midnight tonight, Pedialyte until 4. Jess and I will most likely just…