Morgan's Surgery

Our day started early.  Gigi and Popi arrived at 5:30am to watch Mackenzie so we could head to the hospital. Thank you so much to them for watching our little Mackenzie so we could focus on our big girl for the day.  Morgan got into surgery around 8am and was finished in about 45min.  She handled her morning quite well and she was very brave.  She really didn't get emotional until it was time to say good-bye to Andy and I.  Nothing is worse than hearing your baby cry and shout out, "MOMMY!"  It was heartbreaking.  I had to hold in the tears and be brave for her.  I knew if she saw me upset it would only make things worse.

The surgery went well, but we won't know if it worked until 6-12 months from now.  We are praying this surgery fixed her eyes.  After she woke she was really disoriented and didn't want to open her eyes.  She was also pretty emotional and her eyes were terribly irritated.  Once we were released she slept all the way home and most of the day in bed.  She didn't open her eyes until about 4pm today.  Morgan said it hurt to open them.  She ate a little for dinner and even enjoyed a chocolate shake.  After dinner she played for about an hour and actually seemed like herself.  Before bed, she kind of fell apart again.  She is now sleeping. It's been an up and down day, which I expected.  She gets pretty upset at times when her eyes are itchy and she isn't supposed to rub them.  It seems cool wash cloths have given her the most relief so that has been helpful.  Hopefully each day she'll feel a little better.  We are thankful for all the prayers today!!  Please keep the prayers coming as she recovers in the week ahead and for positive news later this year that the surgery was a success!

In the waiting room at 6:30am

Wearing her special "Dora" pj's. 

My brave girl!!!  She is actually giggling and making little poses for the camera.

Almost time to head back to surgery.  We were all smiles up until five minutes after this picture was taken.