This was another long week, although better without 29 hours of surgery to get through. It was a week of my mom learning how to care for Maria. She is going to stay at my parents house since is is more handicap accessible than my house. We were told Maria would be released on Thursday. We were ready to get out....then the Ortho decided he wanted Maria to have a back brace to ensure things heal well and no screws move out of place. This meant another day of waiting. Honestly, I wasn't happy....I was mad and frustrated. We all needed to get out of the hospital for good. But sometimes God has a bigger plan. It just happened that another adoptive family was at the hospital too, they had learned their child was going to have a similar surgery to the one Maria just went through. We were able to meet and chat a little. They saw Maria looking happy and healthy, although in the bed. It made the disappointment better. Maria also got to have some college students come by to cheer her up....one played a game with her and the other had drums and a guitar.
So Maria did get discharged in Friday. Now we are figuring out how to do things all over again. Maria cannot bare weight on her feet/legs at all for at least 6 weeks. She has to lay flat, on her side or can be elevated at a 60 degree angle. This isn't as much as one might think. We are having to use a Hoyer lift with her. There is little Maria can currently do for herself. It is hard, especially when we have focused so much on her independence. But I know this is temporary....she will regain her muscle strength through hard work and will gain back the independence that is temporarily lost. At the same time, she has little to no pain....actually only gets uncomfortable at times. She is working on catching up on homework, although she will be on home bound instruction for most likely the rest of the school year. So, we have a new reality....it isn't fun, but in the end Maria is worth it and we are ready to see her healed and independent again.
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