Day 2 post op has been filled with increasing relief. As Chad puts it, items from the "worry list" keep getting checked off. We had been prepared for Henry's face to become quite swollen and, true to others' recent experience, we greeted a VERY puffy faced baby this morning. Yes, his face, arms, and legs were twice their normal size, but it was his ears that were most concerning to look at. They were not only full cauliflowers, but also pushed simultaneously down and out. It was strange to see Henry not looking much like Henry.
The scary-looking JP shunt embedded underneath the incision was removed around 11am. Chad helped while I was taken to the meditation room for a massage. I am not kidding!! Doernbecher's is an incredible children's hospital. They have two massage therapists that offer service to parents of cancer ward and surgical ward kids.
They also offer various "therapies" for the patients and siblings. Henry was offered pet therapy, but we declined figuring kitty's fur was best left out of Henry's tiny fist. A few doors down, we heard music therapy and it involved a happy guitar punctuated by frequent "woo!"s. Tomorrow, art therapy makes it's rounds. Lest you think Henry missed out, he has fallen in love with the orange moose and singing, twirling crib mobile he was given by the toy therapist.
When I returned from lingering in the meditation room, Chad was holding Henry and giving him a bottle. Little man was plainly blissed out on morphine and Daddy love. When he was returned to bed, my Mom, Chad, and I couldn't help but do some Cheech and Chong monologing as Henry tripped out on his hands.
Henry took a power nap and it was just AMAZING how much his swelling had gone down. His ears were much more normal looking and the swelling of his eyes had gone down such that One-Eyed Hank could partially open his closed eye. His hands and feet didn't feel so stiff and rounded. All this apparently pleases Henry to no end because he began chirping his Happy Henry song...and dis not stop until bedtime
Sweet dreams precious Happy Henry
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