March 6th, 2013
The night flew by and before you know it Carolina was coming in the room to bathe me at 5:30 am. I am tired and ready to go back to sleep! After my bathe I was ready to go. Once we got downstairs to the operating room my mom and dad were able to come in the room with me until they took me away. Right before I left to go downstairs the hiccups started. THe hiccups are usually always a sign of phlegm and aspiration. My parents were on edge about me having them and I could see in their eyes how worried they are for me. I wish I could tell them that I am going to be fine. Once the anestheologist came in and Dr. Castro it was time for me to be taken away.
The surgery could last anywhere from three to four hours.
MariaJose came to be with my parents and my grandmother is flying in tonight from Canada. It is always good to have a good support network!! My parents went upstairs to the room to wait. An hour had passed when my mom’s cell phone beeped ad it was a message from Dra. Castro. She wrote to my mom to tell her that they had put the I.V. in me and were ready to start surgery. My mom was thrilled that Dr. Castro was writing to her. Dra. Castro who is my pediatrician was not actually inside the operating room but standing outside of the operating room watching through a glass window. The next text message was that I was doing really good and everything was going great. Two more messages my parents would receive the last one saying that they were putting stitches in me and taking me off the tube! I managed to breathe on my own as soon as they took the tube out! Finally Dra. Castro told my mom to meet them outside of the operating room where I would be taken to intensive care and spend the night there for observation. Once I was being monitored it showed me to be at 98% and only 1 liter of oxygen. I am quite proud of myself. I have accomplished a major feat!
My night in ICU went fine. I had many phelgms and had to be aspirated a few times but other than that I was doing really well. One more week of being cooped up inside but it is all worth it!!! my doctors were amazing! They did a fantastic job and we are all so happy. We are about to experience a major life change for all of us.
Love Malia