Day 3

Well, here we sit 3 days out from Emma's surgery. In some ways the time goes really fast and in other ways it goes so slow.

Today Emma was removed from her mophine IV which she was aiming for because she really wanted to get rid of some of her tubes. Especially the catheter. So, at about 6:30 this morning they took her off after gradually weaning her over the day before. As it turns out the this may have been a tad too early because she has struggled with pain management today. She has been up to go to the bathroom a few times today but can't get comfortable when she gets back to bed. Her muscles are SO sore!

In the early afternoon a orthopeadic Dr. who was on today but also saw Emma yesterday came to see her so we discussed her pain issues. He ordered some more meds for her and some muscle relaxants to help with the muscle spasms. He said that it may take a day or two to turn the corner. He said, that this was not a regular scoliosis surgery. He said it was like that times 5! ( I didn't even know that!) They did ALOT of work in there. The muscle pain is to be expected too because they have taken her very crooked spine and made it pretty straight.

She is well medicated now and is much more comfortable. Stay tuned for day 4.
Blessings