Saturday, January 17, 2009

Titanium Powered!





Lila had the first of two procedures on her right arm last Wednesday. Everything went as expected and the little Lila-nator is being quite a trooper. The apparatus that they fixed is bigger than we thought, probably because she is still a little peanut. Imagine in the Terminator movies when Arnold wipes out on his motorcycle and his metal arm is exposed, that's what it looks like. We will spend the next 6 weeks cranking the hand straight, and then it's on to phase 2. Outside of the normal pain, she is in great spirits and is a tough little kid. She also, like most adults that undergo surgical procedures, loves HER drugs! She's already has been taken off codiene as it lead to her staying awake, babbling and staring at her hands, singing to herself, and breaking into uncontrollable laughter in the wee hours of the morning.... the idea with the med's is to make her painfree and tired! Oh well... Enjoy the pictures....

2 comments:

Gina said...

So glad to see that Lila is doing well!! We have been thinking about you guys! Charlotte can't wait to see her friend again soon. And....who wouldn't love the pain meds?? You go Lila...you deserve 'em!! :)

Vera said...

disLila, you keep wrinkling your nose, munchkin! Hope everything is going well. Tell Dad and Mom they are doing a very good job taking care of you... even if they are giving you access to some heavy drugs!:-)