Day 6 and 7

Well, we are home and being home has had it's ups and downs for Emma. I can tell that generally she is happier here and that she clearly missed her sibs as much as they missed her. She was thrilled last night to have a home cooked meal and she laughed out loud at something her brother said that frankly wasn't really all that funny but the two of them are so close they are a little lost without each other.

The last two plus days at the hospital Emma has been having tummy troubles. She is having to get up to the bathroom with tummy cramps very often. Last night she was up at least 12 times. As you can imagine, this is quite upsetting to her and disturbs her sleep so much so that she (nor I ) got very much of it. I had mentioned this issue again yesterday to the ortho nurse and she said to call her back today if there was no change. So, I called her this morning. We decided hesitantly that we would take her off the anitbiotics for now until her surgeon is in tomorrow to see if that helps at all. Hopefully this will give her some relief.
The reason that the nurse(and I ) were both hesitant to stop the antibiotics is because Emma has some irritation near the top of her incision and they usually aggressivly treat anything like that to prevent deeper infection. They did ALOT of bone cutting and don't want a bone infection!

So, if anyone is still reading this, please pray that Emma does not develop any infection, that her tummy trouble will ease off as this will make her much more comfortable. Thank you so much!
Blessings,
Corinna