Category Archives: Surgery
Photos from the Hospital
This is immediately following surgery-poor baby. This is the nurse who took her into surgery. Ella Grace was trying to focus on her face under the influence of “happy juice” they gave her in hopes she wouldn’t freak when they took her from me-it worked! She loved the wagon and had to have her entourage …
We Are Home
Right now, Ella Grace is screaming and Frank is trying to console her this time-we are in between the time when we can give her pain meds and that seems to be the hardest. That said (and I am sure Ella Grace would disagree at this point), we were sooo happy with how things have …
Ella Grace Out of Surgery
Hi All. Robin just called and asked me to update her site. Ella Grace is out of surgery! Everything went well during the operation. She’s even drinking water now. Unfortunately, she’s having a hard time getting use to her mouth not having a cleft palate. That hole in her mouth is all she’s ever known. …
Getting Personal in Prayer
So, what goes through a mother’s mind when her baby girl is about to have surgery and hurt? Lots. I don’t like the idea of her hurting. I am worried about them coming to get her from me to take her to surgery. I have certainly thought of the risks of anesthesia more than once. …
Surgery-looks like it's a go!
We visited Children’s Hospital yesterday for Ella Grace’s pre-op visit and we were seeing the anesthesiologist when the nurse heard a murmur in her heart. She consulted another nurse, who heard it too and then went into the OR to consult with a doctor. The doctor said that, in the absence of more medical and …
Surgery…not so much.
So we got up at 4 AM, left the house at 5 AM, and arrived in B’ham at 7 AM. We checked in, saw the Dr., did most of the pre-op stuff and while one of the nurses was writing up her chart, Ella Grace stood up in the bed she was in (Robin, the …
Ella Grace's Surgery Tuesday
Hey, All. Just got a call from Children’s hospital saying that Ella Grace is scheduled for surgery 12/27/05 at Children’s Hospital in Birmingham. Please be in prayer for this procedure to close her palate-that she would come through the surgery easily (especially the anesthesia) and recover quickly, that the surgeon would do such a wonderful …