2nd cochlear implant!
On June 16th Ecrissa had her second surgery. She was implanted on the Left side and in 3 weeks she will be activated and have access to sound from 2 ears!!!! We have been talking about this implant and I asked her if she wanted it and she said yes! We have been talking about surgery day, reading the same book we read last time, looking at pictures from last time and just trying to prepare her for the day.
She was AMAZING pre surgery. She was happy, compliant and excited for her surgery.
She woke up much better than last time. She did not try to hurt me and she was not literally climbing the walls. She did not like the IV's in her arm and once those were discharged and taken off she was much better. She still really wanted to pull the bandage off of her head, but other than that she did a really good job.
Once we got home she calmed alot. She layed on the couch, ate a little and took her meds with no problem. But then, the vomitting began. She was not tolerating the pain meds well. She was complaining of stomach pain and head pain and she vomitted when I gave her pain meds. So, I called the doctor and they called in a suppository for her for the nausea. UGH! GREAT! I thought she would really protest to that, but she is taking that like a champ and she is now able to keep her pain meds down.
Saturday morning we were able to take the bandage off of her head. That is where the real problem began! She saw the area of her head that was shaved and she is HEART. BROKEN. She keeps asking me if it'll grow back and if she'll have hair there again. I keep reassuring her that yes, her hair will grow back, but I think she's a bit concerned that it won't! I bought her a new really cute hat and that helps!
Jaryse has been a trooper through all of this as well. He had to hang with me (and my step mom) at the hospital all day on Thursday. Allllllllllll daaaaaaay. We were there from 9:15 am until 5:30 pm. It was a long day and he was such a good brother! He even fasted with her and he refused to eat breakfast because Ecrissa couldn't! Needless to say, we were very hungry at lunch time when Ecrissa was finally taken in for the procedure. Then, the past couple of days have been kinda hard here at home with Ecrissa being kinda sick and in pain and he has been such a good boy with helping me and Ecrissa. He is starting to get a little tired of being couped up in the house, but hopefully Ecrissa will be able to get out a little more each day!
Please keep us all in your prayers. Pray for Ecrissa's pain and understanding that her hair will grow back and that she's beautiful no matter what, for Momma's strength and endurance through all of this and for Jaryse as he has to hang out with most of Momma's attention on Ecrissa and he has to wait for me frequently.
I'm grateful for this technology and relieved that the surgeries are out of the way! I am super excited for activation in 3 weeks! Can't wait to see if she reacts differently than the first time or what she will do!
She was AMAZING pre surgery. She was happy, compliant and excited for her surgery.
She woke up much better than last time. She did not try to hurt me and she was not literally climbing the walls. She did not like the IV's in her arm and once those were discharged and taken off she was much better. She still really wanted to pull the bandage off of her head, but other than that she did a really good job.
Once we got home she calmed alot. She layed on the couch, ate a little and took her meds with no problem. But then, the vomitting began. She was not tolerating the pain meds well. She was complaining of stomach pain and head pain and she vomitted when I gave her pain meds. So, I called the doctor and they called in a suppository for her for the nausea. UGH! GREAT! I thought she would really protest to that, but she is taking that like a champ and she is now able to keep her pain meds down.
Saturday morning we were able to take the bandage off of her head. That is where the real problem began! She saw the area of her head that was shaved and she is HEART. BROKEN. She keeps asking me if it'll grow back and if she'll have hair there again. I keep reassuring her that yes, her hair will grow back, but I think she's a bit concerned that it won't! I bought her a new really cute hat and that helps!
Jaryse has been a trooper through all of this as well. He had to hang with me (and my step mom) at the hospital all day on Thursday. Allllllllllll daaaaaaay. We were there from 9:15 am until 5:30 pm. It was a long day and he was such a good brother! He even fasted with her and he refused to eat breakfast because Ecrissa couldn't! Needless to say, we were very hungry at lunch time when Ecrissa was finally taken in for the procedure. Then, the past couple of days have been kinda hard here at home with Ecrissa being kinda sick and in pain and he has been such a good boy with helping me and Ecrissa. He is starting to get a little tired of being couped up in the house, but hopefully Ecrissa will be able to get out a little more each day!Please keep us all in your prayers. Pray for Ecrissa's pain and understanding that her hair will grow back and that she's beautiful no matter what, for Momma's strength and endurance through all of this and for Jaryse as he has to hang out with most of Momma's attention on Ecrissa and he has to wait for me frequently.
I'm grateful for this technology and relieved that the surgeries are out of the way! I am super excited for activation in 3 weeks! Can't wait to see if she reacts differently than the first time or what she will do!
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