Post-Surgery

She has no idea what is about to happen. OK...now she does.

Safe in daddy's arms (and Monkey's).
Go Muskies! (Xavier U.)
Feeling better.

Now that all the tears and pain have subsided for the most part, I can now say that Julianne made it through surgery like a champ. Her wrist is now almost perfectly straight due to a pin that is placed in the wrist. She will need to wear her cast for about six weeks and unfortunately about three months later, we will have to endure another surgery to move her pointer finger to her thumb position. Her current thumb is called a "floating thumb" due to no metacarpal so it will need to be removed.

Prior to surgery, Dr. Cornwall had asked what color we wanted Julianne's cast. I wanted a color that would not show dirt due to the fact that she is still using her arms to help her become mobile. So I said, "Let's have the Xavier (my Alma mater) blue color." Dr. Cornwall added his touch by putting a big "X" on the cast with glow-in-the-dark white. Go Muskies! Too bad we're not in the March Madness season.

After surgery, we were called back to her recovery room where we were informed that her heart rate was sky high - hitting over 200 beats per minute. We are still not sure if it was due to pain/stress or if this is an indicator of a heart issue. Currently, as Julianne is babbling, 152 is the current number which is still high. She is now in her crib without me holding her - just amusing herself with her lovies - monkey and blanket. Leah and Natalie had saved up money and bought Julianne a monkey back in November and now she cannot go to sleep without 'the monkey'.
As I sit here with pee and puke on both my shirt and jeans, I am feeling so blessed - three awesome daughters, a loving husband, Children's Hospital, health care, supportive family, and the list goes on.....