Update - Mishiah's Surgery

Well, we haven't posted to the blog site in a while...but just to update everyone, Mishiah had her surgery this morning to repair her the cleft in her palate.  We got in to Kansas City yesterday for her pre-op appointment and then took her out for a good pasta dinner (her favorite) last night.  None of us slept that well in the hotel last night and we were back here at Children's Mercy this morning at 6 am.  After meeting with the ENT, the surgeon and the audiology team, they took her back for surgery at 7:30.

They put the tubes in her ears first (fluid in the ears is common for cleft babies), then the audiology team did the brainstem test (basically just placing electric sensors on her head to detect how her brain responds to different sounds/levels).  They said her hearing is perfect now that the fluid is off.  Then the surgeon went in around 9:00 am to repair the cleft.  She got our of surgery around 10:45 and into recovery.  We were finally able to go up to see her just before noon.

She's pretty much slept all afternoon and when she's not sleeping she very cranky, which is very understandable of course.  She's on Lortab so that seems to be helping with the pain but it only helps so much and all the wires and hoses coming off her everywhere are not something she likes either.  So please just continue to pray for her that she'll start drinking more (painful for her to swallow right now) and that the pain will start subsiding and the healing will begin.

We'll keep you posted but here are some pre-op photos...we'll post more photos and updates as we get them.

Thank you for your prayers!

Pre-Op Pics

Post Surgury