She is so amazing....

Rachel did fine wonderfully today.  Other than the little excitement we had at the beginning, everything else went extremely well.  We even have pictures from the doctor of the surgery... weirdness.  However, what we know is the space in her shoulder was clearly too large and her shoulder was not being held in there by much.  So.. he fixed it.  As long as she doesn't move her arm/shoulder in a certain way for the next 30 days, the fix should be permanent.

They did not end up giving her a nerve block after the surgery because she really wasn't in all that much pain.  When we got back there to see her, she needed a little pain med and the nurse gave her a dose of morphine.  Another learning lesson here as she apparently has a "sensitivity" to morphine.  So, the morphine shot was followed by a Benadryl shot to counteract the immediate itching and red blotchiness she developed all over.  :-)   Several items to remember to tell doctors and write on forms from now on.

That was pretty much it for the pain meds except for the oral meds that were sent home.  The Anesthesia Dr. was amazed that she wasn't in a lot of pain after the surgery and seeing from the pictures at how much drilling, etc. he did in her bone, I'm amazed as well.  I wish I had her pain threshold.  I just simply don't and am a big baby.  She's just seems to handle it quite well.  Must take after her Meme.

She's been doing just fine at home today as well with just one pain pill every 4 hours and either it's doing the job or she just isn't feeling any pain.  Whichever, I don't care.  She's comfortable, has eaten, napped and is doing just fine.   I'm so relieved!

We're going to have dinner and hopefully, we all will get some sleep shortly afterwards!

MA