5 Days Post Op

Caidy has been doing well since we have gotten home from the hospital, she was released 2 days after the surgery and was happy to be home. We were really blessed while we were there as well, the ward that we were supposed to stay on was full, so we were placed on the Oncology ward, which was so nice and quiet. We have our own room, our own washroom, as well as free cable tv!! It was wonderful being on our own schedule and the nurses were so much more laid back, a huge huge blessing!!

Since we have been home she has done fairly well, we had a little trouble with feeding. She really did not want to eat, but has done really well on Malupa (wheat cereal with apples) and breast milk, as well as fruit. We are still working on getting her back on bottles, she wants nothing to do with them at all, we have had to use syringes to at least get milk into her, but now that she is really wanting cereal I am less worried about how much she is getting milk wise.

Also Caidys follow up appts have been going well, the plastic surgeon, who did the palate repair, said unless we were concerned he didn't need to see us until Caidy is 18 months old. That was a blessing because we were concerned about timing and how it would fit in with all the other appts. The other appts went well and actually scheduled earlier than we thought, so on Thursday we are headed back to Grand Forks which will be earlier than expected.

It has been a great last couple days also, we have been running into a couple other cleft affected families and just looking at their wide smiles was great, but it is soooo nice to be on the other side and be finished with all the surgeries and such for a while. Our next appts will be at the end of January and then from there we will meet with the cleft team again when Caidy is 18 months old. So all is well and moving forward!!