Jaya's Big Surgery

This is a good picture to bad it's a little cut off.


We had the nurse try this time.

She really liked this nurse and her princess wand.

Well today was totally nerve wracking for a mother. Thank god for Jeremy and the peace he carries with him. It was a good day. The staff at Childrens Hospital was amazing from start to finish each person that was going to be helping to care for Jaya came in and personally introduced themselves to us and spent a few minutes telling us what their roles would be, this made us confident and more comfortable. Jaya got a little cranky just before surgery, (I think it was because she hadn't eaten anything for almost twenty hours prior), but they gave her a little muscle relaxer cocktail. She was pretty silly, she would pick up her head and just let it fall back in my arm. She would do the same with her limbs it was really funny. Then the anesthesiologist came to take her to the O R and put her under and give her the IV. Thats when the waiting began. The surgeon said the procedure would take about an hour, being the mother that I am at one hour and eight minutes I began to feel nervous and sick to my stomache. We checked with the nurse and everything was going well, but she was still in the operating room. To hear that she was doing well calmed me down for a little while. She finally came out of surgery one hour and fifty minutes later, but we couldn't see her until she woke up which was another hour and 20 minutes (It felt like forever). The doctor said that everything went really well. And he was very pleased to see how well her corneas were looking. He also said that we made the right decision opting out of the transplant when she was younger. We have a follow appointment next week. I am so grateful to have her back in my arms, now we are praying for a speedy recovery. Her eyes appear very painful and bloody, She has been a real trooper. She is slightly fussy but doing very well, still very tired. We thank everyone who has been praying for her and for us. We knew that god was there with us.