Recovery

Recovery was tough! She had no balance at all! She could not stand up let alone walk. So we set up her bed downstairs and Daddy stayed with her each night until she had better control of her balance and she no longer needed medication at night.

The first couple days she was on 5 different meds with over 20 doses a day between them all! We were waking her every couple hours at night. We were EXHAUSTED! I forgot how tough it is to sit and cuddle your baby all day. She enjoyed many movies, shows, popsicles and ice cream during her recovery. She had so much I was afraid it was going to become a daily need for her. But one day she just stopped asking! So we were not about to ask her if she wanted any!

After being on meds round the clock the first couple of days we could finally start weening her. By the end of the week she was only on 2. She took them without any complaint. Except for the ear drops... But I think I would complain too :) She had those for 3 weeks 3 times a day. The biggest challenge by far has been keeping water out of her ears while bathing. We have to keep this up for another couple months! The other hard part is making sure she does not get her ear hit or is too active for the first 3 weeks. 4 year olds are hard to keep down!

Kara now has a surgery ear as she calls it. We haven't told her she is having another one yet. I wonder how she will react to that news!?!