Maggie's surgery

Maggie's surgery went off as scheduled yesterday morning. Her ear tubes took about 15 minutes and her palate surgery was over just past 10 AM. She was pretty groggy all day and slept for the most part. She was up last night crying on and off until about 3 AM when they finally gave her some tylenol w/codeine. She slept until 7 AM and has been doing pretty well today. The doctor said she can go home tomorrow if they are satisfied that she will/can eat drink on her own. She did drink juice today and ate some soup broth, so I think that won't be a problem. She has to sleep in her car seat for the next 2 1/2 weeks and will also be on a liquid diet for that period of time. That is going to be the hard part. She also is to wear what they call "no-nos". No-nos are kind of like braces that are put on her arms (they are velcroed so we can take them on and off) that will keep her from bending her elbows, which in turn will keep her hands away from her mouth. Maggie DOES NOT like the no-nos. When we hold her, we can take them off, otherwise she will have them on. I have a feeling that we may have little sleep the next couple of weeks. The doctor who did her ear tubes said that her ears were in pretty bad shape, but he got them all cleaned out and she should do fine. We have to put drops in them twice a day for about a week. We will have follow up appointments with both doctors in a few weeks, at which time we will discuss speech therapy. Thanks for all the calls, emails, and prayers - they all worked. I am unable to respond to emails from the hospital for some reason, but will do so when we get home. Although having Maggie go through this is difficult, the procedures are needed and she won't remember them.