Resting Comfortably

Amelia has been resting comfortably in the ICU since about 4 P.M.

I arrived to find her, amazingly, just as chatting as usual and quite "with it". She said she is in some slight discomfort describing her back as feeling "stiff". However, she said she was not having any serious pain. After some time the nurse hooked Amelia up to a pain pump so she could administer pain medicine whenever necessary.

She had not experience any nausea which is a minor miracle in itself. We heard many stories about post surgery nausea that were not comforting. Amelia was feeling well enough that she drank some Orange juice, and ate some french toast and canned peaches. This food seemed to sit well in her stomach and caused no issues.

The doctor came into the room at one point and told us that he was able to get her curve down to 40 degrees. This is a significant improvement.

At another time the ICU doctor came in to check on Amelia. He was extremely surprised at how well she was doing, and he even joked that the surgery she had just had was actually a sham. He suggesting that we needed to "double check" the x-rays before we left to make sure they actually put the rods in her back.

When I left, the nurse had rolled Amelia on to her side to make her more comfortable so that she could try to get some sleep. She was feeling a bit drowsy due to the pain meds. I will be praying that she can get some sleep as she will undoubtedly have a bit of a rough day tomorrow. They say that the second day you are a bit more sore than the first.