The Boss!

 

 

48 hours since surgery and she is looking great! We have been expecting the swelling to increase, but I think it is actually going down.  Her upper lip is still quite swollen and that really restricts how wide she can open her mouth. She no longer wants us to ice her face so it must be feeling a bit better too.

We have nicknamed her "The Boss" as she can be very assertive when letting us know what she wants using one word demands  requests!  "Blanket," " Juice," " Hungry," "Popsicle," "Bathroom," and " Stuffie" are the most popular words in her vocabulary.  We hope we aren't creating a monster!

She is able to put a bit of weight on that left leg. She got up twice today and shuffled her way to the washroom.

She still has her sense of humor. Some of the cute things she has said the last few days include:

• She looked over at my cot in the hospital and says "You gonna be comfortable on that?" I said "Probably not" and she responds "Yeah probably not..."
• In the hospital she said "Mom can you try to not be so funny...just be your normal self. Its hurts to laugh."
• Laying in bed today I overheard her singing "My hip hurts, holy holy, my hip hurts, it hurts a lot."
• When we call her The Boss, she tries to keep a straight face, but there is a twinkle in her eye that reflects just how much she is liking her new bossy self.

Today she was able to eat a bit of soup with the noodles mushed up really well and some mashed potatoes with gravy.  She has never been a fan of potatoes, but today she said they tasted really good! I also picked up some toddler strained pears. She loved those. We are still giving her liquids with a syringe.  Her lips are still a little too puffy to master drinking from a cup effectively.