Well, it’s day five and you can see by the photo she’s still pretty swollen. Things are getting back to normal in many ways though – wow, what a difference a week makes. I’m back to work today and it’s nice to feel somewhat normal again. I also got a 12 mile ride on my bike and that felt great.
She’s completely off the pain meds for two whole days and today is the last day of antibiotics. She even seems to be getting her appetite back, which is kind of heart breaking because she can’t eat anything yet. She’s still living on yogurt, milk and…um…oh yeah, Jello. I got her to eat some Miso soup for dinner today and that amounted to like 12 calories. She won’t drink any protein shakes (or any shakes or smoothies of any kind). She’s so stubborn! This is the kid we had to take back to the hospital when she was six months old because she refused to eat from the post-op bottle.
But, she did just have some ice cream and then asked for Sherbert, but it would be nice if she ate something with some sort of nutritional value. I dearly hope she’s allowed to have soft food on Thursday (that’s when she goes back to NYU for her follow-up visit) and I hope that includes some fruit – like blueberries. I want to take both girls blueberry picking on Friday but only if Emily can eat them!
Emily actually took a two hour nap today and I’ve yelled at her more than once to stop climbing, running, jumping and bouncing. I think this kid is ready for her first visit from a friend (tentatively scheduled for Friday) as long as she feels okay about the bruises and swelling.