Hannah’s Surgery (#2)

I am sitting in Hannah’s hospital room watching her sleep.  This is an all too familiar place as her last surgery took place here just a little over five years ago.  The rooms look the same, the furniture in the rooms, etc.  But this is a fantastic hospital and she is being taken care of very well.

She is experiencing pain, but she has that trusty pain button to keep it at a manageable level.  Her surgery went well (they worked on three separate parts of each leg).  Right now, our expectation is that Hannah will be able to come home tomorrow (Thursday, May 15) and will need to get around with the help of crutches the next few weeks.  For those of you who remember Hannah after the last surgery, THIS time there are no casts.  The work that was done this time around is more of a long term project that should help correct her leg growth issues over the next two years.  Her body now needs to deal with healing six separate incisions and becoming acclimated to having some new hardware around her knees and ankles to assist the growth process.  She also had some of her old hardware removed (it was no longer necessary and was beginning to bother her) and that part of bone will need to fill in the missing screw holes.

All in all, things are at a pause as Hannah rests.  Thank you SO much for your prayers and concern, your gifts, meals, phone calls, and emails are all a humbling reminder of how much we are loved and how it is that God cares for His people through one another.

Ah…her eyes open and she smiles.  Gotta go.