Surgery Update

If you had told me last Sunday what all this past week would hold, I would have laughed at you. Who would have thought that not only would Chloe see the specialist, but have surgery too. Chloe seemed to be more herself again yesturday. She was all smiles and we went swimming for a while as a family. Unfortunately, she didn't have a very good night's sleep and has been on the grouchy side this morning. I'm not what today will hold. Chloe is still refusing a bottle, so we'll have to get that figured out. We're planning to take a few days away late this week as a family, so we'd appreciate your prayers for Chloe's continued recovery.

Chloe got to play with her mask before surgery.

We were so concerned about handing Chloe off to go to the operating room. Chloe has almost never left us and the similarities to her hand-off to us on Gotcha Day were very concerning to us. We were very blessed to have Chloe fall asleep just before the doctor came to get her. Her surgeon was able to carry her sleeping back to the operator room with no trauma. Praise the Lord!

Chloe post-op recovery after surgery.

Chloe enjoying a popsicle after we got home from surgery.

Early Intervention and a Physical Therapist were here with Chloe on Friday to assess her again. She is right on track and has picked up on language very quickly. She's starting to get up on 1 knee and is trying to pull herselft up on things. The therapist gave us few pointers to help her along, but she's catching up quickly in her gross and fine motor skills too. Chloe learned to feed herself this week, so that has made meal time a little different. Also, we taught her to sign for 'more'. That has made a much more peaceful meal. Before, Chloe just yelled each time we didn't give her another bite quickly enough.