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April 25, 2006
Out of surgery and initial report from Dr. Park
Courtney is out of surgery. I got a call from Dr. Park about 4:30 to tell me that they were done. He said that they had replaced all of the plates in her face including her jaw which is now wired. I asked specifically about the eye, and he said that in the operating room the eye alignment seemed great, but that he wouldn't be surprised if after the swelling went down that there was a slight disparity. However, given that they were specifically trying to fix that problem, I doubt that a slight disparity will be anywhere near as noticeable as it was this morning. He said that they were able to get the jaw aligned better as well. He did say that she was pretty swollen again and that it would be 7-10 days for that to go away completely. Given the extent of the surgery he did decide to admit her for the night, if I didn't have any problems with that ... of course I didn't. Although given his feelings about hospital stays and limited use of pain meds, I fully expect him to discharge her tomorrow. We'll just go straight to the Hampton Inn and camp out there until Courtney feels ready to go home. I'm guessing this will be Friday or Saturday. The phone call was more of a courtesy to let me know that the surgery went well and that he was done. He said that it would be at least a couple of hours before she was in her recovery room.
After I've had a chance to see Courtney, I'll post again to let you know how she's feeling and how things look, although I might play the same card as Dr. Park and reserve judgement until the swelling has receded.
Thanks for the prayers!
Posted by mark at April 25, 2006 4:31 PM Subscribe (FeedBurner)