Post Op

Shelby's surgery went very well. She is recovering and trying to adapt to not walking again. By early next week she should be up and around but for now it keeping her foot elevated to get the swelling back down. Hard to believe that Charlotte was only 5 months old when mom first had surgery. Charlotte wasn't even crawling! We thought it was tough then....now it's a whole different story. Gone are the days of Charlotte just sitting on your lap content with looking around. Now she wants to play.

Luckily the surgery went by very fast today. We were in at 10am and out by 1:30. This time Charlotte was big enough to play in the childrens area (of course after dad disinfected all the toys with antibacterial wipes). She was the only one in there and it seemed like a very quiet day at the hospital. Dad pushed Charlotte around the halls of the hospital in her stroller while she ate mini-goldfish. Dad says she is better than having a GPS system because everywhere Charlotte goes she leaves a trail of goldfish behind. It made it very easy to explore the hospital without getting lost. We just followed the goldfish on the floors back to mom.

While in recovery Charlotte played with anything she could find. Yes she is wearing a surgical bootie on her head. Its sort of like a hat. Anything to keep her occupied.






Here are the screws they took out of moms foot. Yes we asked for them and yes they gave them to us. They are probably 2.5" long and they are hollow...and super sharp. No the penny didnt come out of mom (although dad did swallow a penny once when he was a kid). We just wanted to give some perspective to the size of the screws.



When we returned home mom retired to bed and dad and Charlotte had the run of the house. No mom to tell US what to do! We played and played and played. Then played some more. Dad decided it would be fun to finger paint with Charlotte. Charlotte thought it would be fun to eat the paint. And then paint her face. And everything else within hands reach. Then she decided it would be fun to paint using her face and mouth instead of her hands. Dad of course let her do whatever she wanted. So after the paint came a bath, then dinner, mixed in with playing and fussing. He has a new appreciation for the amount of work mom does during the day!