Good News!

Well, we didn't get any real answers from the surgeon today, but I heard the words I'd hoped to hear: Everything looks great! Her mouth is healing just fine, the tissue looks good, and there is no sign of infection. She is by no means healed; she is seeping blood (thus the orange stains on her sheets), and it will be another 2 weeks or so before the roof of her mouth has closed up, but he saw what he wanted to see for it being only 1 week after surgery.

He acknowledged her stinky breath and the drainage from her nose, but he said that since there was no sign of infection it is OK and will (hopefully) pass with time. As far as the sleeping issues, he said that it is to be expected with the tramua she just went through and, again, should pass with time. And she still has a very slight fever, but he said that is normal for post-op. Unless something else comes up, we don't have to go for our scheduled post-op appointment next week; we are done until the New Year!

She is to continue with the liquid diet for another week, then we can start slowly adding soft foods back in. The no-no's have to stay on for at least another week, but since she is such a major thumb-sucker he said we'd probably want to keep them on for a good 3 weeks, until her mouth is closed up.

So it was a very long day (the hospital is about 90 miles away; with traffic it takes 2-1/2 hours), but so worth it to get some peace of mind! Now I can focus on the behavior issues...