Surgery on April 29th, 2011 went great. Olivia did excellent and thank the good Lord that we were able to bring her home the following afternoon! This was by far the hardest thing Brian and I have faced since her first emergency surgery. I talked to Olivia the day before and she didn't say much except when I told her she'd have to stay in the hospital for a night or two and she said "No". When I woke her up Friday morning, she said she didn't want to sit in the chair (she hates dentist, beautician, etc. chairs!)...and then later said she didn't want to go to sleep in the hospital :( Bless her little heart, she was nervous as we were and even got sick while we were waiting to see Dr Apfel before the surgery. She's so brave though, and trusted that mommy and daddy were telling her the truth and that she'd see us soon. It was so hard to expain things to her this time. I went to the O R with her again this time and left her side at 7:30am. Call from nurse at 9:45 that Olivia was doing good, but it'd be awhile longer. We kept checking at the desk, and got a call at 1:00 that they were closing up. 2:00 a call from Dr. Apfel, things went well, just long because they had a lot of work to do on the synthetic piece. CT after got her to the PICU and it showed a perfectly shaped head! surgeons were happy and of course we were too. She got sick a couple of times that evening from the anastesia or maybe the loritab on an empty stomache. But she woke up at 2am and ate some goldfish and let me brush her teeth. Then ate breakfast, lunch and we were released at 4:00pm Sat.! Home for a nap, then dinner and playtime with mom and dad. She has slept all night every night since being home. Hospital stays always messed up her sleeping in the past, but not this time. She woke up from anastesia saying she wanted to go home :) So glad this is over and just want to thank everyone for support, thoughts and most importantly, PRAYERS!!! Our miracle baby keeps on amazing us and we thank God for her every day!
Sutures come out Monday, May 9th, and follow up w/neurosurgeon May 25th. She'll go back to school right after Memorial Day, 4 1/2 weeks post-surgery. She hasn't been on her ADHD meds since April 22nd. We may just keep her off of them through the summer now.
