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Posted: 31 January 2008 at 2:16pm | IP Logged

Lily finally went through her operation on Tuesday to get her adenoids removed and grommets inserted

This was the 4th attempt as twice we have had to cancel because she was poorly and then the consultant cancelled as he had an emergency

Anyway the op went well and was over within 15 minutes!

However, Lily didn't respond too well afterwards and the recovery nurses were pretty concerned about her.  She was put on oxygen and moved up to the ward for overnight observation.

She responded well to the oxygen and her stats became normal again but she was still pretty miserable and had been sick a few times

We stayed in the hospital on Tuesday night and by Wednesday she had perked up loads but was still sick a couple of times so they said they thought she'd be in for another night

As the day went on she picked up amazingly and ate a HUGE lunch and wasn't sick

So her surgeon said he was happy to let her go if the ward doc was and after checking her etc she was happy too

So we got home last night and shes doing fine

Apparently the reason for it was an underlying virus she had that wasn't picked up before the op (impossible to know as she was completely fine apart from a runny nose before it). The anaesthatist had thouroughly checked her before the op and we were happy for her to go through with it so noone was to blame.

Thing is she pretty much has a cold all the time so finding a "good" time to do it was proving difficult and the main reason for her getting colds all the time is her adenoids so it was a catch 22 situation!!

Anyhoo after all that the op is done and I hope once her cold clears up I'll see a huge difference in her hearing etc. Already she seems to be repsonding to quieter noises so fingers crossed this will help her speech in the long run

Phew I am exhausted - its been a mad few days!

xxx

Posted: 31 January 2008 at 3:18pm | IP Logged

Aww bless you both Fee.

I'm so glad she managed to get the op done! Sorry to hear she had a rough time coming round from it all.

She is so brave and well done!!! xxxxx

Posted: 31 January 2008 at 4:02pm | IP Logged

Aw poor Lily...and you! Glad she's back home now, and it's all over with.

xxx

Posted: 31 January 2008 at 5:51pm | IP Logged

    Wishing her a speedy recovery xxxx

Posted: 31 January 2008 at 10:02pm | IP Logged

Awww glad it's finally out the way.... hope she feels better soon and is ear wiggin on conversations without realising it.

Hope you all get some rest. Take care, hugs to all x