Recovery

After 2 hours of some well needed rest, Mia woke up and had some apple juice and a Popsicle. As you can see, her face is pretty bruised up and swollen. They tell us it gets worse before it gets better so we have hope. She is sleeping again but this time with an ice pack to help keep the swelling down as well as sitting up. This time when she woke up she ate a cup of Jello. Apparently I wasn't feeding it to her fast enough because Mia grabbed the spoon and started feeding herself. The doctor just happened to come in a the same time she was enjoying the Jello. He was surprised at how well she was eating after everything they had done to her today.
One of the questions that we had was if Mia would lose any movement in her right cheek due to the nerve they had to cut. The doctor reassured me that the two were not related and she would not lose any muscle movement on that side. What a huge relief. We were very upset to her that she will never have any feeling in her cheek but then to not have any movement too... I was about ready to freak out. So we are just grateful that she will not have to go thru life with that too. Mia is still fast asleep right now and has an order of pancakes and a chocolate shake ready for her when she wakes up.