Surgery #7 - Checked in

We are all checked in and just getting started with pre-op activities; weight, height, temp, blood pressure.

Surgery is scheduled to begin around  1230 and should last about 3-1/2 hours.

We love you Mia!

Eye troubles

For about the last month things have been challenging for Mia. It all started when she got hit on her forehead and eye with a football while playing with Noah and Addy . Part of our concern with her LM has always been her vision. On the white of her eyeball on her right eye, the LM is visible and looks red on the sides but not covering the cornea. Occasionally it would turn red if her eye . She has also been in quite a bit of pain off and on along with some head aches. This was very concerning to us because Mia normally has a high pain tolerance and rarely even complains of pain after a surgery.  Mia is also getting older so has a lot of questions and is scared.  It has been tough to have her look up to us with questions and have to answer her with "we don't know" . 

We were at Milwaukee children's last Monday all day and she had an ultrasound with the interventional radiologist . We also saw an eye specialist that afternoon. 

Tomorrow morning we are leaving at 430 to head to Milwaukee Children's Hospital for an MRI .it has been 3 years since her last MRI. The MRI will take about 2 hours and Mia is going to do it without sedation (she has had many MRIs but has always been sedated for them in the past).

Happy New Year 2015

Another year has come and gone. Time to say goodbye to 2014 and welcome 2015.

Love you Mia.

Getting better

It's been a week since Mia had surgery. She is doing much better after the three days following surgery. The swelling had finally started to go down. Plus the bruising is clearing up but still colorful.

We kept her home from school all last week to give her the best chance of a quick recovery. Today will be her first day back. I know she is pretty excited to get back to she her friends and teacher. Plus tonight will be her first night back to dance practice as well. I know she misses that too.

Mia is very lucky to have so much support from our family and friends. We are so grateful for that. Thank you to everyone caring so much for our princess Mia!

Post op - day 2

Today has been a tough day for Mia. She has been in some pain this morning. So it's been frozen peas and some motrin. Mia said she didn't sleep good last night because "daddy snored loud". Oops, sorry princess.

It's been a rough day for me as well since I had to go back to work today and cannot hold her or tell her it's going to be OK. Thankfully Momo came over for alittle bit so Brandy could go get some pain meds for her.

1st day home

Mia had a pretty laid back 1st day home. We spent most of the day creating her scarp book. Between Mia's creativity and my picture printing ability, she got alot done.

We went to Edwards for lunch... Which didn't workout so well. We could not believe how many people were there today. Long lines, no parking... We must have missed the memo. So Mia chose Panera instead and we had a wonderful lunch.

Mia has been very inquisitive this time. Asking about what the Dr did and why her forehead/cheek looks the way it does. I'm glad that she is asking, she seems to be more confident or comfortable with it all. Miss never ceases to surprise me with her strength.

Recovery

After a long day yesterday, Mia sleep good thru the night. First thing she wanted when she wrote up was a bath to get her hair cleaned. After a couple times yesterday of trying to over do it, she got dizzy and felt sick to her stomach. She is slowly moving around taking it easy so far. It's so nice to she her smiling and awake today.

Today's plan is to take it easy and relax. She loves crafts and is working on a scrapbook she got from Aunt Binner.