Overall, Austin did very well and he appears to be recovering quickly. He was discharged only an hour or so after surgery. He sounds slightly hoarse and has a little trouble getting used to an open palate again when drinking from a bottle. We were told that he should adjust soon, but to expect some food to escape into his nasal cavity. Luckily he will only have this problem temporarily. On the bright side, he may drool less without the prosthesis!
"Check out my bedhead hair!"
The nurse checks Austin's vitals before surgery.
Waiting in the pre-op area. He was getting pretty fussy, not having eaten since 8pm the night before!
In the post-op room after finally drinking some formula! All the providers at Primary Children's were fantastic and just loved little Austin!
Palate prosthesis with screws.
3 comments:
Holy Cow! I can't believe that you are home already and that you have blogged about your experience. That is good news because it means that all went well. That is great for little Austin! Congrats! Get Better Austin!
Cool- did you get to keep that prosthesis? Jimmy gets his out in a couple months. I hope we do!
Glad to hear it all went well. Keep us posted! He looks so good! -Anna
We are glad that everything went as planned. You guys handle things so well, I'm afraid I'd be a nervous wreck. Kiss Austin and Dylan for us.
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