As Q mentioned, Avery’s ears are as good as new. The surgery went really well, and Avery’s recovery was an easy one. She took about 30 minutes to wake from the anesthesia (the longer the sleep, the better, the recovery nurse told us) and immediately wanted some juice and something to eat. She was quiet but didn’t seem uncomfortable or in pain on our drive, and she wound up taking a 4.5-hour nap about an hour after we got home. Tonight she was bouncing around and playing with her sister per the norm (see below) – though she did have a bigger appetite than normal since she missed two meals.

Q and I were feeling good throughout, as well – except for a few freak-out moments (on my part) about 45 minutes after the procedure began. The surgeon had said it was a very quick surgery (20-30 minutes) and she would come out right away. (“Don’t go out for coffee,” she had told me.) When she didn’t come out at the expected time I started to panic – what if there was a complication? What if Avery wasn’t okay? I started going through worst-case scenarios in my head and was just about to reach panic-attack mode when the doctor walked out with a smile, and the rest of the day was cake.

Q and I got up at 4:30 this morning, so we were exhausted – yet also happy and relieved – when we finally got home. As I told Q, the last time I had that feeling was after bringing the girls, as newborns, home from the hospital! Certainly not a bad thing to be reminded of…

-M

Eleven hours after surgery:

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