Hospital, Day 2

Aislinn puts on a smiley face for the camera but I'll tell you that last night was really rough. She woke up about every 2 hours crying in pain and they had to keep administering morphine. It was a super long night and it is very rough to hear her crying out for help.

Thanks to the breathing tube that they placed in her mouth to assist with breathing during the surgery, Aislinn came out with one less tooth! The tooth fairy even visits Arnold Palmer Hospital! Isn't that great?
The hospital offered pet therapy for the children today and a little before noon, the dog arrived to visit Aislinn for a few minutes. It is so sweet all of the things that the hospital does to make the children more comfortable and to help them feel better emotionally. On top of a great visit from that dog, she got a sweet visit from her siblings and cousin. Grandma Kenney arrived with the kids a little after noon and they visited and doted on Aislinn for around 30 minutes. All of us were glad to see each other. The kids also brought gifts for Aislinn to enjoy here and at home. It was very thoughtful of them. After the kids left, we needed to get Aislinn a sponge bath and get her out of bed and walking. Sounds easy, right? Nope. It was awful! She stood with the help of Chris and was immediately screaming in pain. She had tears rolling down her face and it was so hard to watch. She would cry for me but push me away. They had to give her more morphine and when that kicked in, they gave her a sponge bath that was still quite painful, but we got it done.

Around 6 this evening, Aislinn said that she wanted to walk to the toilet that is about 10 feet from her bed. Chris lifted her out of the bed and onto the floor. He stood on one side, I was on the other, and Aislinn's nurse walked behind with the IV pump. We slowly made it to the bathroom and back. It was a success but she was immediately uncomfortable as soon as she got back in bed. She continues to get morphine every 2 hours and sometimes Tylenol in between to help take the edge off. I've never seen anything like this.

Obviously, we can't go home with morphine. She has to stay on all the machines monitoring heart rate, respiratory rate and oxygen level while she is on it, so we have quite a way to go. They are hoping to remove the catheter tomorrow and when they do, she will have to be able to get up and go to the restroom. That is going to be quite rough. Sounds to me like tomorrow will be another long day.