23rd July 2009

Well we are home after a very short stay in the hospital. Her surgery went ahead yesterday as planned and she had a spinal anesthetic. She was great, she was moving her legs around not long after the surgery and hasn't really complained much at all. She seems to be her normal self and hasn't needed much pain relief at all. She was just tired because we had to share a room and she didn't get much sleep as she kept waking up listening to the other babies cry. When we came home she slept most of the day and was very glad to be with her crazy family and in her snuggly warm bed.

Sunday 19th July 2009

Well my girl had her pre assessment for her hernia operation on Friday. It was a very long process, it took about 1 hour for the anaethetist to read her notes! Anyway there are 2 ways that they could give her anaesthetic, 1 is spinal (kinda like an epidural) the other is general. If she has spinal she is still awake, able to stay on her oxygen but she can move around her arms and I don't think she'd like it at all. If she has general she will need to be ventilated again, they are worried about how long she will be ventilated afterwards before she can go back onto her oxygen. If she gets ventilated then she will need to go back to the neonatal unit. I don't mind if she goes back there though because at least I know she will get the attention she deserves, unlike in ward 19.
We go in on Tuesday night and her operation is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon. We will probably be there for a few days so she can recover properly.

9th July 2009

Just a quick update for everybody. Trinity-Storm has a cold and her stats have been going up and down over the last week. We went to Wellington Hospital on Monday night because the community nurse was a bit worried about her breathing. They did an xray and it was fine so I told them we were going home, they were trying to object, but if she was fine then there was no reason to stay. She got swabbed for swine flu because all the kids that go into the hospital have to be checked. So far no results have come back but I highly doubt she has it.
So far she is still well enough to have her op, we have a pre assessment check next week, so at the moment her operation is going ahead as scheduled for the 22nd.
It is great at the moment because it is school holidays, so there is no rushing to get kids off to school and no need to take her out anywhere. In this weather you just want to stay at home anyway. The 2 big kids have been great with the little ones and today they have taken them to the movies. Antz has been off work because of the weather so it's good to have him home as well (most of the time!!)