Friday 17 May 2013

One calendar month Post-Op!

It's a month ago, today, since Kate had her surgery.  Here are some pics to compare and my current thoughts.

15/05/2013

Before pic from March 2013
Recent Pic, May 2013


Before pic showing dip in forehead

17 May 2013 
17 May 2013
My thoughts and observations: 

I still think her right eye 'looks' bigger than her left, which was the original thing that I flagged up  when she was a tiny baby.   The surgery was frontal orbital remodelling, so we thought it was supposed to correct this, as well as her head-shape and the premature fusion of the coronal suture.  She still has a little darkness to the skin under her eyes.

Her forehead is definitely more even and rounded, without a flat/dipped bit above HER left eye (looking her and the pics - on the right).   I still think her forehead is a bit swollen.  I think her facial symmetry is better and this is all good :)

I hadn't noticed her eye being turned in (called a squint) before the op but now I look I can see it was a bit pre-op, but it looks more pronounced now, post-op. We were hoping surgery would avoid her getting a squint. 

Now that the stitches are loosening and when the wind blows, you can easily see her scar and stitches , but when her hair grows some more this will be hidden I'm sure.

We've got completely back to normal, going to classes, toddler group and I'm even taking her to a fun place we love with a bouncy castle today.  She had a bad knock to the head the other day but she's fine, and we've stopped giving her any medicine at all now as she seems fine & isn't obviously swelling up any more.  




Thursday 9 May 2013

Another week went by!

Kate still has just slight dark marks under her eyes that make her look like she's had a bad night's sleep!  She's mostly sleeping through though and her eyes are not obviously swollen in the mornings any more. Her forehead and head still look swollen to me.  She has had a couple of mornings when her waking screeching is suggestive of pain, so I've given her ibuprofen then and I'm continuing to make her daytime nap in the pushchair, only slightly tilted so she's not flat.

Mon 6th May
Tues 7th May
Weds 8th May

Thurs 8th May
I've almost fully recovered from the horrible flu-like illness of last week, and people have stopped stopping us to ask what has happened to her, though in returning to our classes & playgroups (just the ones without slides and bouncy castles so far!) it's still a major topic of discussion as our absence has been noticed!  

Wednesday 1 May 2013

Is it Weds?! YES! then it's 2 weeks since her operation date!

Daddy was home very late last night. Dinner, bathing & bedtime almost broke me yesterday. I got so hot & sweaty (I have full on flu) I had to have a shower after & a lie on the bed to recover.  The house was a bit of a mess!



Weds, 1st May 2 weeks after her op!
Kate just still has slight darkness under her eyes. She has been brilliant today, considering neither of us got dressed and apart from essentials like food, drink & nappy changing I've been on the sofa all day nursing my flu. Another Mum took Nikki to & collected her from school for me.

I had a sleep when Kate slept for an hour at lunchtime after she unexpectedly fell asleep in her strawberries!


I provided an easy dinner & resumed my sofa position & Daddy's home in time to do bedtime. Thank goodness.