Post-op

   Rough morning. ..Mia was having quite a bit of pain when she woke up this morning she had went too long through the night with no pain meds They were going to give her morphine through the IV to help get her pain under control  but the IV was bad and this was already her 2nd IV. They took the IV out and gave her a pain pill instead which seemed to help her. She's been up walking a couple times but said she didn't realize how much you use your stomach muscles . She got to have some vanilla ice cream which she loved.  Busha, Julie ,Ian, MoMo Svedin , Addison , Aunt Nikki, Bella,Mariah, Aunt Britt and Keegan all came to visit her which made Mia Happy. Once they left she started to have some pain again and laid down in bed ,she has been sleeping since then. ..and Daddy is asleep too !!   We were hoping to possibly go home tonight but I think it may be tomorrow before we get to go . Will update more later . Thanks to everyone for all of your prayers, love and support ..we are blessed to have you all !!

Recovery

We met with the Dr who preformed the surgery. It was indeed acute appendicitis. Everything went well, she'll be in recovery for about an hour.

In surgery

They finally took her back into surgery. Should be about an hour till we get to see Mia without an appendix.

This is her selfie!

Surgery - appendix

We just finished talking to a surgeon. .. after hearing about her symptoms for the past days, the problems Mia had this morning and after viewing the CT scans, they determined she needs her appendix removed.
Once they find a time in the OR schedule they will start prepping Mia. He said it should take an hour and it will be laparoscopic. Due to the medication she has be taking, they want to keep her an extra day to give her more antibiotics and keep a close eye on her.

Mia is pretty upset this time. She just wants to come home. She is sad that we've spent all day in the ER. We are trying to keep her calm, reassure her that she will be ok and that we are not leaving her. Once we get more information, well be sure to get it posted.

Thanks to everyone's love and support for our princess Mia.

ER

Well miss Mia has been feeling a little sick and weak over the last few days.  She woke us up this morning saying that she just didn't feel right . She felt very weak and threw up a couple of times , then started to run a fever. We called her oncologist at UW who told us to take Mia to an ER in Rochford.  Once we arrived here the Dr from UW had already spoke with the ER Dr here and given orders for mia. We have been here since a little before noon . She is in a room the drew 3 large tubes of blood , started an IV and giving her IV fluids.  The ER Dr came in and saw mia and checked in over . He felt her stomach and is concerned something may be going on with her appendix so she is drinking some cocktail now to prep her for a CT. The nurse also just drew more blood for a test they need to send out to another lab because they cannot do the test here,  but those results won't be back for uo to 24 hours. They are also monitoring her heart rate and blood pressure as her heart rate has been high like 140's-150 since we arrived . We will update as we find out more ....

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2016

We hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and happy new year. .. welcome 2016. Mia had a very good Christmas this year. She got alot of Lego's this year and has already put them all together.

New years eve was relaxing night of card playing, snacking and watching the ball drop. Looking forward to the new year.

We would also like to thank a special angel who's letter & gift truly brightened our holiday spirits. 

MRI

Mia was such a big girl getting her IV put in , so proud of my pumpkin ! The IV is just for the contrast . She is having her MRI now and she's awake !  This is her second MRI being awake! I'm in the waiting room this time so I could be by my phone .... because the high school nurse called and Noah hurt his shoulder she thinks he may need to see a Dr ...of course he does....lol.  I'll update again later !