Finding our way back

We are slowly getting back to normal in our household. Jasmine spent the day with her daddy and mama went back to work. She's mostly sleeping through the night and is on very little pain medication during the day. We are both anxious to meet with her surgeon on Monday for her post-op, hoping that we haven't been too relaxed with guarding her new mouth. Truth be told, her surgeon was very relaxed about post-operative care. He seemed somewhat indifferent to no-no's (her arm guards) so she's never really used them. I've certainly not come across anyone else who has had this experience. He was also quite relaxed about food requirements, not insisting on liquified foods. When I asked him about feeding her, he shrugged and said, "Feed her soft foods, whatever you normally would feed her as long as it's soft." I have total faith in him but I'm still scared that we've been too relaxed.

We'll find out.

Wow, looking back on the year that we've had and finally getting to this point of repairing Jasmine's palate, we are thrilled and relieved and ready to springboard into our lives. We think Jasmine is ready too. She knows her mouth is fixed. We tell her how beautiful it is all the time. She opens her mouth and lets us look at it (as long as we indulge her with our open mouths for her prompt inspection) and admire the work.

And let me just say one more thing about my wonderful husband, who has been 100% supportive and committed to his girls this last week. We've both been pampered and spoiled and indulged.