My daughter's surgery is TOMORROW (April 17th)!!!!!!!!! Yikes!!!!!

She has to be on the Unit at 7:00AM Atlantic Time tomorrow, and the surgery starts at 8:00AM. It should last 5-6 hours without any complications. They will be breaking both jaws, shifting bones around to line up the jaws, removing all her wisdom teeth (BONUS!!), and possibly restructuring her chin to make it symmetrical with the shape of her new face. Then she'll be wired shut for 6+ weeks. Morphine and a TON of other meds while in the hospital for 5 days. When she comes home, she won't have morphine anymore but 2 different narcotics and still a TON of other meds. She'll even have a nasogastric tube down her nose for the first day to drain all the blood out of her stomache. Poor thing.

If any of you are of the praying sort, I'd love for you to say some for the surgery and recovery. I think she'll be fine, but it's a mum's right not to want their child to be hurting or scared. She slept with me again last night (and she's 15-years old), and she wants to sleep with me again tonight. Awwwww. How often do you get to cuddle and sleep with your teenage child anymore? I take it as a blessing. I love it!

I'll let you know how everything works out. Tomorrow (April 17th) is going to be a very LONG day, but if I'm not too exhausted when I get back home that night, I'll try to send a message. If not, I'll send it the next day. But she's a strong girl! I think she'll be fine.

Thank you all SO MUCH for all the advice and support. You have educated us very much, and I appreciate that. It doesn't seem nearly as scary as it did when I first found out about it. Thank you.

God bless,
Sandy