Hip-Baby

The dreaded day came way too fast and before we knew it our life was going to be way different!

We arrived at the hospital nice and early (630am), to begin the surgery check in process.

We were soon ready and waiting with Radlyn in her cute little surgery gown!

Here we are waiting to meet the nurse and anesthesiologist,

she was pretty happy all things considered, but she was getting pretty sleepy from her early morning start.

I finally got her to fall asleep, just in time for them to give her medicine, which she did without to much fuss and went right back to sleep. After talking to all the right people, we walked our cute baby down the hall and passed her off to the anesthesiologist...so sad!

Now was the hard part, WAITING!  I know how surgery works so I know all the stuff that goes on, but when you are on the other side, it seems to take forever!  We were told it could take any where from 1-3 hours depending on what they found once they got in there.  The plan was to do a hip angiogram (inject dye into the area) so they could see proper positioning and then decide.  Basically they called and told us is was going to be somewhere in between.  The doctor finally came out and told us that he was able to get them back in place, but had to make a small incision on either side to cute the tendon so they wouldn't be so tight, and then cast her in the proper position.  Radlyn will need a CT scan next friday to make sure they have stayed in the right place.  Shortly after the doctor came they came to get me to let me be back in recovery with her.  I guess she was quite upset and I have never seen such a sad little thing.  She could hardly keep her head up and she had the saddest cry. So hard to see your baby like that.  We then moved to a different area and Jason was able to come back too.  They had to do what is called pedaling around all the edges of her cast to protect her skin as well as the cast from getting soiled.  Turns out she wasn't really a big fan and it was very difficult to do.  They finally gave her some lortab, which helped alot, but knocked her right out!  We ended up not having to stay the night, but ended up being there until about 3, and she had gone into surgery at 8.  Lets just say it was a very long day!

Poor little thing just broke my heart

A rare moment with her eyes open

The other thing that took awhile was getting her fitted in her "special" car seat.

Somehow I failed to get a picture of that, but I will.  It is quite the process and right now I feel like I will never be able to go anywhere!

It took about a day before we started to see our sweet little baby get some life back in her, but it happens more and more.  It has been hard to adjust to a whole new way to do everything.  Changing her diaper is a joke, holding her is painful & heavy, laying her down takes some effort to get the right position, and sleeping is like having a new baby all over again.

We have had to get creative to make her happy, but we are figuring it out

This is Grampy getting her to smile, while Rayden holds her

We ended up buying a small bean bag yesterday and has really been pretty comfortable for her to be in.

Another position she seemed to like :)

We also got a stroller that would recline and still have room for her cast, and we have been pushing her around the house in it already.

There are still many challenges but I am hoping we figure it all out eventually.

I will have to do a post about the whole diapering process because it is rather interesting and a lot of work!

Thankfully she did well in surgery and is recovering rather quickly.  We have been very blessed with lots of help and just pray she continues to do well and that we all survive this new adventure!