The big event this month was Rachel's surgery to remove the foot that was affected by the amniotic banding. The dr. also did a "z-plasty" to smooth out the skin that had a cleft from the banding. She will have another surgery in 6 months to further refine the skin affected by the banding. For now, she had the foot removed and will be fitted in a prosthetic in a couple of months! We spent the night in the Ronald McDonald house right next door to the hospital. My mom kept a couple of kids, and Matt's dad kept a couple of kids. My dad came up and took us to dinner and stayed with us during the surgery. We had many people praying for our sweet girl, and she did great. She was quite upset when she first woke up from surgery, but after a quick nap, she was in a much better mood. We were allowed to walk her around in the hospital wagon, and we took her downstairs to the casting room to get a pink wrap on her plain white cast they applied during surgery. Once she ate a little and drank some juice, the nurse gave her pain medicine, and we were discharged. She got to pick a build-a-bear from the hospital, and she got an Anna bear. Her cast comes up her leg and wraps around her waist. It makes diapering difficult, and the cast is going to smell lovely when they remove it. So far, Gold Bond foot powder is helping quite a bit. She will wear the cast a total of 3 weeks, and we will post next month what the next steps are.
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| at the Ronald McDonald house |
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| After surgery nap |
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| Riding in the wagon with her new pink cast |
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