Today was a better day for Skyler. She was up and walking around a lot. Her arm and foot are still sore but the pain is manageable with percs and Motrin. She is totally grossed out by her new scar and her stomach scar is pretty nasty too. The doctor was so thoughtful though. During surgery he cut away some of her old stomach scar since it was pretty wide. He wasn't able to cut it all away because it would have looked odd when her closed her up, but at least her stomach scar will be thinner.
Sky is still walking funny but her heels are no longer red. It's so odd that she developed pressure sores! It is not something they normally see in healthy kids. It's mostly seen in the obese or malnourished. I guess her body couldn't handle such a long (7 hour) surgery. When she has surgery next time we'll have to take care this doesn't happen again. Thankfully they were just a stage 1 when I noticed them. She woke from surgery complaining that her feet and arms hurt. I took one look at her heels and realized what was going on. I propped her feet up on pillows and took care that the heels were not touching anything. The doctors, anesthesiologist, and the EP nurses came in to check on Sky and took the red heels very seriously. They were surprised this happened, but some things are just unavoidable. For the record, they took all appropriate actions during surgery to try to prevent this (gel packs, special mattress). It was just a long surgery.
Taking care of Sky has been a little rough this time around. I have an awful cold and just want to sleep! Thankfully Rick isn't working this weekend and has been able to help. He did all the laundry, went food shopping, made dinner and attempted to make soup. I laid on the couch barking orders for most of the day. :) I'm going to try to do the same tomorrow.
I'll post some pictures tomorrow. Thanks for checking in on Sky!
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