SCHEETZ FAMILY: Surgery

Well, surgery is complete. Last Friday we got to Vandy Childrens Hospital a little after 8am. We were a little late due to traffic. They called us back to holding pretty quick. We had some wonderful nurses... one in particular that Mikayla was very fond(Sara). Sara even came to visit with Mikayla after her surgery... which she did not have to do. I was so afraid that Mikayla would start asking for food or drink but to my surprise, she never did. I think all the things going on and people coming in and out kept her occupied. She had a few visitors before surgery... Pastor Bobby, Pastor DJ, Kate, Pepaw, and Mrs. Shannon. They kept her spirits up along with the help of Barney and Dora on DVD. After surgery and during she had visitors also... Mrs. Christy, Aunt Sandy, Aunt Susan, Memaw(great-grandmother), Uncle AJ. She also got lots of goodies... a new baby doll, mini animals, balloons, a stuffed Foofa doll that sings and dances, a stuffed monkey... hope I am not forgetting anything. You would have thought it was her birthday or something. I guess I should talk about surgery itself. Surgery did not last as long as they had first told us. The nurses took her back(which was hard on me) at 10:45ish and she was in recovery around 2pm. Dr. Mencio originally told us 4-5 hours so this was much better. We actually had 2 families (their kids) that we know in the hospital this day as well so going to visit them helped with time going by. We walked into recovery expecting to see her still partial asleep or crying but we were surprised at what we saw. She was awake, drinking Sprite, and was very excited to see us. After we had been back there for a few minutes, she wanted a cracker. She ended up eating 2 whole graham crackers and drinking 2 cups of Sprite. She did not seem to be in any pain at all. We wondered about this since we are not sure how much feeling she has in her feet and legs. I guess in this case it is a blessing that she did not feel much. The staff was very surprised at how well she recovered. Usually you can expected to stay in recovery for 4 hours but we went home after 2. The doctor said that he was pleased with the way surgery went and would see her in 6 weeks. She has 2 pins in her left foot that will be removed when she goes in 6 weeks. Her two casts are bright HOT PINK and will stay on for 6 weeks. She rubbed them a lot at first, saying "they are pretty". Now she does not pay much attention to them. Friday night she was pretty alert, a little sleepy but good. The guys at Mike's work pitched in and bought her a goody basket with LOTS of candy, stickers, coloring book, Tinkerbell movie, and Tinkerbell doll. One of the guys and his wife brought it over to her on Friday night. Saturday morning, I got up early and went to the grocery store. Mike called before I got home to tell me that she was scooting around on the floor. So, less than 24 hour after surgery she was up playing like normal. We were really afraid that the casts would keep her from scooting but they haven't stopped her yet. We stayed in on Saturday. She needed to keep her feet propped up most of the weekend. We alternated her sitting up playing and laying down with her little feet propped up on a pillow, watching a movie. Sunday, we went to church. I think she was glad to see all her friends and get out of the house. I know I was glad to be out of the house. Sunday evening, we had a meeting at church so Mike stayed here with Mikayla and I went to the meeting. Today, has been a good day. Mikayla has been wanting to get her ears pierced. I wanted to wait until after surgery to get them done because she could not wear them into surgery. Well, we decided that today was the day. She did great. She did cry but not much and not for very long. She was such a big girl. Even Puppy got his ears pierced!!