Well, Julie got through stage 2 without a snag. She was brought back to ICU for post-op care yesterday around 5pm and stayed for the night. She did have some blood loss and they gave her a couple of units of blood to keep her levels up. Platelets working overtime seemed to do their job.
Her xray looks amazing and it was such a relief so talk to Dr. Miyanji yesterday to get his take on the procedure and how it went. She is so much straighter and he did a quick measurement and said 17-19 degrees of curve. Not bad considering it was 90+ degrees two days ago! Wow, amazing surgeon and team!
So, today she's getting tidied up in ICU, a bed change, cleaning routine, etc...and up she goes to the 3rd level. Yay! Hopefully start to get her on some more food items (popsicles and apple juice have been fav's thus far). Dr. Miyanji told us she will probably stand today so we'll see how she is feeling up top. Still got some happy juice in the veins so not sure how much of that we'll do. Take that as it comes.
That's about all, we are so happy for her, she is truly strong in spirit and body after seeing what he did to her spine and ribs. I was kind of chomping at the bit over how much taller she is and it looked like I was doing matress design measurements yesterday as I was collecting a bunch of data of foot to knee, knee to hip, etc...because she wasn't laying straight. Definitely a few inches of growth so that is exciting. We'll see how then next few days go as we get her up and start some loops around the ward. Probably will know the route quite well after a day or 2. More to follow, thanks everyone for support.
Julie & Family
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WTG Julie. Tell her she is an amazing girl but I know she knows that! I know how she feels and I bet she can't wait to get moving. Nothing like being stuck in the bed. Glad to hear it was a success! :) All the best and now it's time to heal and time is on her side.
ReplyDeleteCheers!
Karin