Recovery

I don't have much time to write, so let me just say two things.

One, this has been the most intense 4 days of this whole journey. Seeing my child in pain and getting no sleep is one thing, but having to clean the incision site and remove all the scabs is the most difficult thing I have ever done in my life. Did I mention I've had natural childbirth three times??

Secondly, it is shocking how much I miss that big goofy grin. I never expected his face to change so much. I expected him to have an in tact lip and I felt pretty uncertain about what it would look like. I did not expect perfection, but I am shocked how much the surgery changed his face. Matt and my mom feel the same way. We are actually grieving the loss of that face we came to love. Here are some photos from the past few days.

Scenes from the walk from recovery to our room. This is my sister Brianna who is finishing nursing school in June!

At this point he couldn't sleep so they gave him another dose of morphine. He ended up needing it through that first night, but was off it when they removed the IV the next day.