Savannah had her dermoid cyst removed on Friday, and the surgery went beautifully! The night before surgery, Mom and I decided to have a little fun with some bunny ears she had picked up for Savannah. :) Sweet pea waved at us the entire time we were taking pictures. Too cute!
Friday morning we reported to the surgery center about 7:15. Some of our good friends from church came to visit with us, showing their support! We were truly blessed and humbled by their presence. We were taken back pretty quickly and she was prepped for surgery. The anesthesiologist came by and explained what she would be given and how to proceed. The nurse brought her an oral sedative to help her relax before they gave her the real stuff. Poor baby! It was pitiful to see her go from playing with her toys really hard to being too out of it to pick them up. Unfortunately, they miscalculated the time that we would have to wait for the previous surgeries to be completed, and the sedative was starting to wear off right as she was taken into the operating room. Oh well! :)
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| Such a happy girl! |
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| Starting to feel a little sleepy. |
An hour later, the surgeon called us back and let us know that everything had gone really well! After receiving recovery instructions, we were allowed to go take care of Savannah while she came out of the anesthesia. This was the hardest part of the whole thing. She was sooooo disoriented that it was hard to comfort her. A few warm blankets and a bottle helped make life much better! :) Her poor little eye was quite swollen, but other than that she looked great! The nurse did apologize for the surgical team as it took them 14 sticks to finally get a vein for Savannah's IV. Fortunately, Savannah was already out for that part. Overall, we were VERY pleased with our experience and the care she received. Everyone was excellent!
We made it home by 11:00 am, and by this point Savy was back to herself (just tired). We FaceTime'd with Daddy and enjoyed being able to see him!
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| FaceTime with Daddy! |
She crashed about thirty minutes later and slept for two and a half hours. After her nap, she was completely back to normal and was ready to play!
The next day we received the most precious Get Well cake pops from some dear friends here in Shreveport! They were soooooo cute! Thank you Matt, Leslie, and Luke!
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| Aren't they cute! |
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| YUM!!!! |
On Saturday night we were able to remove her bandages and have our first look at the incision. WOW!!! The surgeon did such an amazing job!!!!! The incision was made perfectly in the fold of her eyelid so that once it heals it will be completely hidden. What I didn't expect was that it was so thin- we couldn't even see the stitches. It looked like he had super glued the skin back together! :) We are so pleased and happy with the results of her surgery! Here are a few pictures of her playing on Sunday.
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| I'm busy Mom! You can hardly see the line in her left eyelid. |
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| Just a tiny little red line. |
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| Doesn't it look great for two days after surgery! |
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| Love my Sweet Pea! |
Savannah's recovery has continued to go perfectly! At this point, we just have to make sure that she keeps her hands off of her eye and that her hair stays out of her eye. We are so thankful to the Lord for protecting our precious girl and guiding the surgeon's hands! Thank you to everyone for all of your prayers and support! We cannot tell you how much they mean!
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